![Pacific silver fir 'White Pass' cultivar with horizontal growth pattern.](https://cascadeconifers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/white-pass-for-web-1-1024x768.jpg)
Abies amabilis ‘White Pass’ is a columnar growing Pacific silver fir broom found up in the White Pass area in the Cascade Mountain Range of Washington on Labor Day weekend in 2018. We used our snow-shoes to access and harvest the broom in January 2019. The upright growing broom was dense and measured about 4 by 2 feet in dimension. This new Abies amabilis cultivar grafted well with nearly 100% take! Surprisingly, the new cultivars so far have a horizontal growth pattern. Time will tell if the growth pattern becomes more vertical like the broom!
![Cheryl finding cool columnar Pacific fir broom!](http://cascadeconifers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Abies-amabilis-B13-White-Pass-1-684x1024.jpg)
![Close up of Abies amabilis 'White Pass' upright broom.](http://cascadeconifers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Abies-amabilis-B13-White-Pass-3-684x1024.jpg)
![Cheryl excited to harvest the Abies amabilis 'White Pass broom in January!](http://cascadeconifers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Abies-amabilis-B13-White-Pass-4-769x1024.jpg)
![Abies amabilis 'White Pass'](https://cascadeconifers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/White-Pass_5030-1024x684.jpg)
![Abies amabilis 'White Pass'](https://cascadeconifers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/White-Pass_5924-1024x684.jpg)