Canaan Fir

[Underdog]

Not much info as far as Bonsai to be found, maybe fir good reason? smirk
After killing my obligatory Dwarf Alberta Spruce a few years ago with ambitious inexperience, in hopes of a "Forever Christmas Tree" , I'm trying again with one of these. I hate paying 50 bucks for a dead tree.
I paid 36 for one with roots over 3ft tall. What a back-breaker with a large plug of our native clay wrapped tightly in burlap.

It will be more of a patio tree I imagine for more that a few years. It has buds everywhere including the trunk so I have hope.

Love to hear any advice and experience with these.
Thanks,
Mark

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

I have nothing to offer, but I'm following this one.
Googling for abies balsamea yields a few results.
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/abies-balsamea.21003/

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

I think you have to figure out how to get sun to the needles and at the same time keep the roots relatively cool. Like roots below 85 F. There's always a hot summer that seems to do them in. I have never kept a fir going more than 14 months. I could not tell you what to do.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Not much info as far as Bonsai to be found, maybe fir good reason? smirk
After killing my obligatory Dwarf Alberta Spruce a few years ago with ambitious inexperience, in hopes of a "Forever Christmas Tree" , I'm trying again with one of these. I hate paying 50 bucks for a dead tree.
I paid 36 for one with roots over 3ft tall. What a back-breaker with a large plug of our native clay wrapped tightly in burlap.

It will be more of a patio tree I imagine for more that a few years. It has buds everywhere including the trunk so I have hope.

Love to hear any advice and experience with these.
Thanks,
MarkView attachment 219347

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