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The life cycle of a Christmas tree from the seed to a 2-metre (7 ft) tree takes, depending on species and treatment in cultivation, between eight and twelve years. First, the seed is extracted from cones harvested from older trees. These seeds are then usually grown in nurseries and then sold to Christmas tree farms at an age of three to four ...
The Propagation of Christmas trees is the series of procedures carried out to grow new Christmas trees. Many different species of evergreen trees are used for Christmas trees. The most common of these species are classified in the four genera: pines, spruces, firs, and cypress. Christmas trees can be grown from seed or from root cuttings.
Picea abies, the Norway spruce [2] or European spruce, [3] is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. [4]It has branchlets that typically hang downwards, and the largest cones of any spruce, 9–17 cm long.
Pages in category "Christmas trees" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Alchornea cordifolia is a shrub or small tree distributed throughout tropical Africa, it can grow up to 8 metres tall. The plant is used in traditional African medicine. [ 2 ] Common name is the Christmas bush.
Fraser fir has been used more times as the White House Christmas tree than any other tree. The Christmas decoration trade is a multimillion-dollar business in the southern Appalachians. North Carolina produces the majority of Fraser fir Christmas trees. [17] It requires from seven to ten years in the field to produce a 6–7-foot-tall (1.8–2. ...
Christmas tree cultivation is an agricultural, forestry, and horticultural occupation which involves growing pine, spruce, and fir trees specifically for use as Christmas trees. The first Christmas tree farm was established in 1901, but most consumers continued to obtain their trees from forests until the 1930s and 1940s.