Abies balsamea 'Andover'
ha: low, spreading, very slow dwarf
or: W.A. Smith found near Andover, NY USA 1957
ns: named by B. Harkness 1959

Abies balsamea 'Angusta' ('Angustata')
ha: more narrowly pyramidal, branches shorter. denser
ll: 6-14mm - overall shorter
or, ns: named by Rehder in 1928. Not cultivated now.

Abies balsamea 'Argentea' ('Argentifolia')
lc: needles more glaucous silvery to white, resembling A. procera for effect

Abies balsamea var. phanerolepis 'Bear Swamp'
ns: a listed name under this variety.

Abies balsamea var. brachylepis = var. phanerolepis

Abies balsamea 'Coerulea'
ha: pyramidal, branches short
lt: distinct 2-ranked
lc: dark green above, very silvery-white below
or: France before 1867

Abies balsamea 'Coerulescens'
ha: vigorous, dense
ll: 6-10mm long - shorter
lc: bright blue due to blusih stomatic banding
or: Seneclauze, France c. 1865

Abies balsamea 'Columnaris' ('Pyramidalis')
ha: columnar, branches shorter, more erect, vigorous
or: Frahm's Nursery, Elmsborn, Germany before 1903

Abies balsamea 'Compacta'
ha: dwarf?
ns: listed by Meyer 1914 but not described to our knowledge.

Abies balsamea 'Cook's Blue' ('Cook's Blue Improved' invalid)
ns: a listed name, presumably a more glaucous or banded clone.

Abies balsamea 'Cuprona Jewel'
ns: a listed name 2005. Description needed.

Abies balsamea 'Cree's Blue'
lc: rich silvery-blue
or: Leighton Cree, Colebrook, NH USA found in Christmas tree plantation
li: Jacobson, A.L. 1996. N. Amer. Land. Trees. Tenspeed Press. p. 2

Abies balsamea 'Denudata'
ha: upright, lacking the normal number of branches, thus very sparse
or: Cochet, France before 1860

Abies balsamea 'Elegans'
ha: dense, branches shorter
ll: 8-10mm - shorter
lt: foliage radially borne
or: Seneclauze, France before 1868
so: thought to be lost

Abies balsamea 'Eugene Gold'
ha: spreading, low, 2-4 in. growth a year
lc: bright yellow
or: Greg Williams, VT USA
so: Stanley and Sons (online catalog 2005)

Abies balsamea 'Globosa' = 'Nana' or in some cases A. concolor 'Green Globe'

Abies balsamea f. hudsonia (Jacques) Fern. & Weatherby (nana hort. in part not true 'Nana')
ht: 12-24 in. x wider
ha: prostrate, low-spreading, dwarf
ll: 0.5 in. - much shorter
lt: pectinate foliage. denOuden & Boom (1965) says that true 'Nana' is radial.
frq: female strobili not appearing in cultivation
ns: the name Hudsonia Group has been applied to the cultivated clones. The trade uses many
ns: versions of the name including Hudsonica, Hudsoniana, and Hudsoni.
or: geo: White Mts., New Hampshire, USA, one clone or two is cultivated

Abies balsamea 'Jamy'
ha: miniature, globose

Abies balsamea 'Klein's Nest'
ha: dwarf, nest-shaped
ns, id: almost certainly the clone widely listed under A. fraseri. Affinity there has been
ns, id: questioned.

Abies balsamea 'Krause'
ha: dwarf, globose, very dense
in: Joel Spingarm, NY USA c. 1972
or: L.A Krause, Gillette, WI usa

Abies balsamea 'Lefeber'
ns: a listed name.

Abies balsamea 'Longifolia'
ha: vigorous, branches erect
ll, lw: longer, narrower than species typical, somewhat like A. fraseri for effect
or: J. Booth & Sons, Germany sent to Lawson Nur. c. 1836

Abies balsamea 'Lutescens'
lc: new growth light yellow, later yellowish-green
or: Trial Garden, Diedorf, Germany before 1903

Abies balsamea 'Macrocarpa' (var. macrocarpa Sarg.)
ha: more persistant branches per one report
frd: female strobili slightly larger to 4.5 in.
ll: longer than species typical
eval, in, or: John Wilcox found near Omro, WI USA in 1866, introduced to trade by him
eval, in, or: c. 1844. Jacobson (1996) states it was considered a superior ornamental
eval, in, or: form and not just a botanical wonder until the 1920's. It was
eval, in, or: seed-raised and not cloned at that time. It was also offered by Waukegan Nurseries
eval, in, or: in the midwest.
ns, id: most botanists lump the Sargent variety into the species' normal range today. Given that it
ns, id: had superior branch retention and longer needles, we must keep it open
ns, id: as a historical horticultural entity, even if not a good botanical one. It may have
ns, id: been regarded as a nursery seed strain just as many superior Christmas tree strains
ns, id: are perpetuated today for their ornamental merits in various conifer genera. It has
ns, id: also been regarded as a transitional phase to A. lasiocarpa by some. From a
ns, id: horticultural viewpoint, the epithet and cone size are purely academic. It is the
ns, id: other traits and merits of the strain that must be appreciated.

Abies balsamea 'Marginata'
lc: new growth with yellow margins to blades
or: Petrowskaja Academy, Moscow c. 1894, known to Schroder.

'Nana' - click image
Dawes Arboretum. Summer 2004. A perfectly lovely and refined example, showing the radial
needle arrangement of the true entity.

Abies balsamea 'Nana' ('Globosa' in part, globosa nana, hemispherica?)
ha: dwarf, spreading to subglobnose, very dense, flat-topped with age, growth under 2 inches a year
lt: foliage radially borne unlike the true f. hudsonia with pectinate positions.

Abies balsamea 'Nudicaulis'
ha: vigorous, lacking branching in whor or part
lt: needles dense, appressed, and thicker
or: Leroy, France before 1867

Abies balsamea 'Old Ridge'
so: Stanley and Sons (online catalog 2005)

Abies balsamea paucifoia Sudworth
ns: listed by Sudworth in 1927. It is not around today.

Abies balsamea 'Pederson's Globose'
ha: presumed to be globose, dwarf - not seen or confirmed
li; Hatch, L.C. 1983. Ref. Guide to Orn. Plt. Cultivars. Taxonomic Comp. Res. p. 2  (name only)

Abies balsamea var. phanerolepis Fern. (A. x phanerolepis)
frq: female strobili smaller than var. balsamea, about 0.75-2.5 in.
frt: female strobili with bracts longer than scale, exerted, and projecting - shorter or about 2/3 in typical
frt: variety balsamea, very rarely exerted there.
ns, id: it has been considered a variety of A. fraseri as well as a hybrid to it. Both
ns, id: theories are now considered unlikely. Large bracted mutations or strains
ns, id: occur in many conifer species so this is not surprising from a  species with
ns, id: such wide distribuition. Those considering it a hybrid to A. fraseri now use the name
ns, id: A. x phanerolepis. How the two species hybridized in Canada is very hardy to explain!
geo: Quebec and Newfoundland

Abies balsamea 'Piccolo'
ht: 40cm
ha: dwarf, globose, larger than 'Nana' of the same age, 1 inch growth a year
lc: dark green
in: Coenosium Gardens 2002 or before

Abies balsamea 'Prostrata'
ha: prostrate, dense at times but can be open, mat-forming. Young plants may be bun-shaped at first.
lt: foliage pectinate
ns: two clones are thought to have existed under this name, one perhaps lost now.
or: Europe, perhaps France before 1855

Abies balsamea 'Quinton Spreader'
ha: low, spreading
or: Canada
in: US trade c. 2001 by Arrowhead Alpines for one

Abies balsamea 'Renswoude'
ns: a listed name with Kenwith Nur. 2005.

Abies balsamea 'Tyler Blue'
ns: a listed name with Gee Farms 2005

Abies balsamea 'Variegata' (argenteovariegata)
lc: mottled or marked white
or: Europe before 1855.

Abies balsamea 'Verkade's Prostrate' ('Verkade's Spreader'?)
ha: procumbent
lc: dark green
or: Verkade Nurseries
li; Hatch, L.C. 1983. Ref. Guide to Orn. Plt. Cultivars. Taxonomic Comp. Res. p. 2

Abies balsamea versicolor
ns: listed by Sudworth in 1927. It is not found today.

Abies balsamea 'Weeping Larry'
so: Stanley and Sons (online catalog 2005)