Choosing Your Pet-Friendly Christmas Tree

Where can you buy Nordmann firs and Blue spruce?

Most independent good garden centres offer quality Nordmann firs and Blue spruce trees. During late November deliveries arrive at these centres but are great sellers and you’ll find that leaving it to 2-3 weeks before Christmas Day, which many householders do, the trees have sold out.

To get the best selection and expert advice helping pet owners buy the right quality British grown Christmas trees, visit the BCTGA website, an invaluable resource providing you with all the UK’s local Christmas tree growers information.

Having driven down the M23 – A23 from London to Brighton for decades, between Gatwick Airport and Hurstpierpoint, East Sussex, UK, you would think you’ve been transported into a Nordic forestland anytime of the year, where there is mile beyond mile of fir trees grown for Christmas. This wonderful site is replicated all over England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, where Christmas tree forests are grown to meet the UK’s retail needs.

One of the companies, Mid-Sussex Weald growers, Send Me A Christmas Tree, provide choices for buyers, either cut Christmas trees or trees purchased in a large pot container, trying to preserve the tree for buyers, during the rest of the year, where buyers can recycle and re-use each year for Christmas avoiding a single use tree. Alternatively the tree can be planted out in the garden.

Buying a tree in a pot can be a great alternative and help the enormous global sustainability issues, trying to preserve the tree growth longer, than just using it for decoration purposes, for one Christmas festival.

Forestry England provide detailed information about their sustainably grown Christmas trees and where you can buy them.

The Blue spruce derives its name from the blueish colour particularly at its most vibrant colour during spring and renowned for being hardy surviving British winters, when planted outside.

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The Norway spruce Christmas tree sales are now in decline.

Real cut Christmas trees have to be kept upright in place and special holders appeared in the market place about 25 years or so ago, as an additional purchase, to help keep the tree upright and stable.

Artificial Christmas trees became increasingly popular during the early 1960s, and have advanced in style, however, even these are prone to pets gnawing and chewing their fake plastic pine needles.

There’s no simple answer as to which type of tree is best to buy, whether you choose a real or artificial tree, both will be greatly celebrated at home decorated with hanging ornaments.