Wednesday, November 30, 2011

oh Christmas Tree


Does anyone know what type of tree this is?  Is it real? I really want a real tree with 'less branches' this year...

9 comments:

  1. That looks like one more commonly found in Europe. I don't know the name though. Do you have the December issue of Martha Stewart Living? In that issue there is a great summary on all the tree types available in North America - you might find the name of something similar there.
    It's funny that you want 'less' branches...having grown up with less branches I love the full trees that we find here. The 'less' branches btw is b/c many Europeans used real candles on their trees (I think that's over now) and that's what we did when I was a kid.
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  2. This tree looks like a spruce. The type of tree you usually see with denser branches is a pine and that's the most common christmas tree out there. Spruce and fir can be a little more money, but both would give you that look of open branching.

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  3. It looks like a Norway spruce. I've seen similar ones, both artificial and real, at Ikea.

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  4. can't help you with that one....but it looks great and can see it in your space!

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  5. Hi Shannon. Looks like a fir or spruce, and you can commonly get these sparse versions if you go to a u-cut tree farm instead of buying the pre-cut trees from a tree lot. I grew up on a Christmas-tree farm in New Brunswick and there are lots of these that don't "make the cut", but you can cut one or request one. I'm with you, I love this kind of tree as well. My preference is fir as it smells so nice and the needles are softer than spruce.

    Good luck!
    Kelly

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  6. No idea, but I can see why you want one - it looks great!

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  7. Down here, that kind of tree with "less branches" is a Noble Fir. I don't know Canadian trees, but it's a start.

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  8. Noble fir has the same branching with lots of room for dangling. They are sold in the San Francisco bay area.

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  9. We just went and got a Noble, and even though we got a fuller one there were a lot at the tree farm that looked like that!

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