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Note: Plant specifications and prices below relate to last season and will be updated ahead of the 2022-2023 season once availability has been determined.
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Minimum Order Value
Please note that there is a minimum order value of £50.00 + VAT, excluding delivery.
Delivery
Delivery to UK mainland is included for stock orders over £1500.00 + VAT (subject to postcode zones & surcharges). For full details on delivery please view our delivery page.
We recommend
We recommend that you plant with Rootgrow™ to boost growth and increase survival rates.
The Noble Fir is one of the many plant introductions from North America of the great plant hunter David Douglas. First brought to Britain in 1830, it is the largest of the true firs, hence the common name ‘Noble’. An imposing tree with downward-sweeping grey-blue foliage and large cones which are borne very freely, it makes an impressive specimen tree.
Site and soil
The Noble Fir does best in deep, moist, slightly acidic soils. It copes well in windy sites and in the wild is found on exposed mountain-sides. Some tolerance to shade when young.
Height and spread
After 10 years: 8m x 3m After 20 years: 15m x 4m
Leaf and bark
The leaves are flattened needles to 3.5cm long, borne flat along the upper side of the branches. They are blue-grey in colour with a strong scent. The bark is pale grey, sometimes tinged purple, splitting into deep cracks with age.
Flower, seed and fruit
The flowers appear in April. The reddish male flowers are borne beneath the leaves, the greenish-yellow female flowers are upright. The large cones, to 25cm, are borne freely even on young trees; they are green, ripening to brown.
Uses
Parkland, woodland, large gardens, specimen tree, commercial forestry. The leaves were once used to make a cough medicine. The close-grained wood is light and very strong and was used in building early aeroplanes and ladders. It is now highly valued in the building industry.
Wildlife
Insects shelter in the plates of the bark. Birds like the Siskin and the Crossbill are attracted to the Noble Fir for nesting sites and for feeding.
The main reasons for buying protection is to protect the plants against:
Pests
Spraying
Strimming
Pests
When it comes to deciding what protection to choose the golden rule is to choose the product dependent on which pest you are protecting against. The below will help you in deciding what height of protection you will need.
Vole, Mice 20cm
Rabbit 60cm
Hare 75cm
Roe Deer, Muntjac 1.20m
Fallow Deer 1.50m
Pest & Minimum Protection Height
Protection Type Where more than one size is listed, the wider diameter protection is recommended for taller, bushier plants.
Support Required Taller support is recommended for use in sandier, lighter soils and wider/stronger support should be used at exposed sites.
Tubex tree shelters offer the benefit of not only protecting against animal damage, they also ensure that herbicides do not come into contact with the plants during spraying.
The main reason for spraying is weed control, however, there are other options available to suppress weeds, such as weed control matting.
Strimming
Young plants should be protected from damage caused when strimming. To protect plants solely for strimming, our strimmer guards are the ideal product.