This Abies amabilis ‘Pacific Crest’ is a Pacific silver fir broom that was discovered on Stampede Pass near the Pacific Crest Trail. We harvested it in early March 2018 during a snow storm. We were able to access the location by snow mobile and later learned that there were avalanches and warnings which explains why there were no other snow mobiles on the trail! ‘Pacific Crest’ is an exciting new cultivar! Not only is it beautiful and vigorous, but also there are very few Abies amabilis (Pacific silver fir) cultivars in existence, and the 2 notable cultivars (‘Compacta’ & ‘Spreading Star’) described on the American Conifer Society website originated as seedlings rather than brooms!
