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Potted Christmas Tree

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MrsMontyD · 30/09/2023 20:21

I'm thinking it would be nice to have a Christmas tree next to the front door with lights, that we could keep in the back garden and bring out each year.

Any tips on which type of tree, what sort of pot etc. appreciated.

Alternatively I could find somewhere to plan one but I'd be concerned about it getting too big. A friend has kept one in a pot for years and it always looks good.

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APurpleSquirrel · 30/09/2023 22:32

We have one. Bought it 3 years ago from Sainsbury's for £10. Repotted it & move it out the front for December. Rest of the year it is in a shady spot in the back garden. Doesn't really need anything else - very low maintenance.

mummymummymummummum · 30/09/2023 22:39

We have better success with pot grown. If they aren’t grown in pots then the roots are cut to make it fit in a pot.

It will need water, but not too much during the year. I’ve always found that to be a hard balance. Make sure whatever container it’s in has drainage holes.

4 years is our best so far. We repot in a bigger pot after a year or two.

MariePaperRoses · 30/09/2023 22:50

I bought three for £10 from Home Bargains last year. They were 3 feet tall excluding the pot and I put two in the ground and their growth has been slow and reported the other one I go a big pot.

The one in the pot has grown bigger than the other two.

I forget the name of them but they are a blue green colour and very bushy.

MissAtomicBomb1 · 01/10/2023 13:18

I think the same every year, buy one, it lasts until the start of the summer then dies, even if I water it. Not sure what I'm doing wrong!

BungalowBuyer · 01/10/2023 19:13

MariePaperRoses · 30/09/2023 22:50

I bought three for £10 from Home Bargains last year. They were 3 feet tall excluding the pot and I put two in the ground and their growth has been slow and reported the other one I go a big pot.

The one in the pot has grown bigger than the other two.

I forget the name of them but they are a blue green colour and very bushy.

Is it a blue spruce?

MariePaperRoses · 01/10/2023 19:33

@BungalowBuyer yes I think you're right. They look exactly like this -

christmastrees.co.uk/blue-spruce/

I couldn't believe they were only £10 each.

APurpleSquirrel · 01/10/2023 20:47

MissAtomicBomb1 · 01/10/2023 13:18

I think the same every year, buy one, it lasts until the start of the summer then dies, even if I water it. Not sure what I'm doing wrong!

Where do you put it when it's summer?

MissAtomicBomb1 · 01/10/2023 22:06

@APurpleSquirrel at the back of the garden. We're north facing so it's fairly shady. Maybe I don't water them enough.

theDudesmummy · 01/10/2023 22:45

We bought a potted Christmas Tree outside Belsize Park tube station in London in 2006. The man told us it wouldn't last a year. It is still our Christmas tree to this day, and comes inside from 1 to 31 Dec every year. The other 11 months it is outside. It is a very happy Tree. I have no idea what species it is.

theDudesmummy · 01/10/2023 22:46

PS have never watered it, inside or outside.

APurpleSquirrel · 01/10/2023 23:02

@MissAtomicBomb1 we only water ours if it really hot, when we're watering the rest of the garden.

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