TREE VARIETIES

Douglas Fir
Douglas Fir trees are the most common evergreen found on the farm.

Douglas Fir are fairly easy to grow. These evergreens grow 8”-12” a year.
Nationally, it remains one of the most popular Christmas trees species.
The needles are dark green or blue green, 1 to 1 1/2 inches long, soft to the touch and radiate out in all directions from the branch.
Needles have a sweet fragrance.
Grows best in lots of sun, this tree does not like shade.

ALSO available now for spring planting are potted Norway spruce , Turkish fir, Korean Fir, Nordmann fir, Fraser fir, Canaan fir, Concolor fir, White pine.

Blue Spruce

Leaves (needles) are 1-1 1/2 inches long on lower branches but somewhat shorter on upper branches.
They are 4-sided and have a very sharp point on the end.
Blue spruce is finding increasing popularity as a Christmas tree as a result of its symmetrical form and attractive blue foliage.
The species has an excellent natural shape and requires little shearing. Additionally, needle retention is among the best for the spruces.
Its popularity as an ornamental leads many consumers to use blue spruce as a living Christmas tree, to be planted after the holiday season.

The Fraser fir branches turn slightly upward. They have good form and needle-retention.
They are dark blue-green in color. They have a pleasant scent.
In many respects, Fraser fir and balsam fir are quite similar, although the geographic ranges of the two species do not overlap.

North Carolina produces the majority of Fraser fir Christmas trees. It requires from 7 to 10 years in the field to produce a 6-7 feet tree.

Leaves (needles) are soft, flexible and bluish-green to silver green in color and are regularly arranged in bundles of five.
Needles are 2½ - 5 in. long.
To produce a 6-foot tree requires 6-8 years on good sites.
They aren't recommended for heavy ornaments.
Needle retention is good to excellent. White pine has very little aroma, but, conversely, is reported to result in fewer allergic reactions than do some of the more aromatic species.