A conifer with a narrow, pyramidal shape that grows more slowly than most other Abies species. When young, the tree is somewhat irregularly shaped, but later it grows into a very uniform pyramid with an ultimate width of 3 - 4 m. The branches grow closely together, are yellowish grey in colour and have small buds with profuse sap. The dark green needles grow close together, almost forming a brush. A. koreana is lovely all year long thanks to the bluish white colour on the underside of the needles. Unlike other Abies species, the upright cylindrical cones are 4 - 7 cm long and about 2.5 cm wide, already when the tree is still young. At first, they are still green, but later they take on a violet to steel blue colour. There are several interesting cultivars of A. koreana on the market.