Exotic trees sport singular hues, needles that don't drop

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Three new alien varieties of firs are acceptable easier to acquisition this year at places like Doumel Tree Farms, in Bay County abreast the Midland County line.

Co-owner Mel Cook sells one of the new varieties, alleged a cork case fir.

He's buried the added two exotics, alleged Korean fir and Nordmann fir, but they will not be accessible for acid for addition 5 or so years.

''People who had them last year, they come back and they tell their friends,'' he said.

Jill O'Donnell, an educator with Michigan State University Extension in Cadillac, said firs take up to 10 years to grow to a salable height of 7-8 feet.

For that reason, the new exotics only have been for sale in Michigan for the last few years. This year, they're becoming a little easier to find.

Besides Doumel, area tree farms that sell the new varieties include Beard's LakeView Farm in Sanford, which has cork bark, and Trim Pines Farm in Holly, which has Korean, O'Donnell said.

The Michigan Christmas Tree Association has a directory of tree sellers online at www.mcta.org. Next year, the listing will likely include sellers that offer the new exotics, she said.

The new varieties have popped up here because they have a different, marketable look. Cork barks are a bluish-green color, with shorter needles and whitish bark.

In some respects, the exotics also are easier to grow than old fashioned firs, O'Donnell said.

Cork barks can tolerate acidic soils that will turn Frasers yellow, for instance.

The cork bark, native to the American Southwest, was one of three exotics that rose to the top during MSU field trials of 40 different fir species, O'Donnell said.

''We were looking at those to see what other true fir species we could use to adapt to different growing conditions,'' she said.

Koreans are native to their namesake and Nordmanns are widely grown in Denmark.

Cook, from Doumel Tree Farms, said water remains the key to keeping any tree from dropping its needles.

O'Donnell recommends a quart of water per day for each inch of trunk diameter.