Hi Graham- when you say Christmas tree do you mean it's a proper fir or spruce, because often what the supermarkets sell is something called Cryptomeria which does look like a tiny christmas tree when it's in a small pot, but doesn't get to the size of the real thing
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You would probably do better to keep it in a pot. Repot it up a size now, as it is likely in the smallest size one they could get away with. Conifers do well in pots as long as they don't dry out, so water when needed. Turn the pot occasionally so that it doesn't grow one sided. That way you can use it again next year and if you pot it on from time to time, for several years after. By then you will have a fair idea of how fast it can grow, as Blairs says, if it is a spruce think very hard. It is a forest tree and will dominate any but the largest garden and you can't grow anything underneath it.
Thanks everyone i think Fairygirl is right it could well be a Cryptomeria but its been outside since January and been OK even with the frost i think moving up a pot size may be the way to go untill i see how it grows.
I have a couple of these graham. One in the ground and one in a pot which my girls bought a few years ago for the same reason as you! It's looking a bit sad but only because a b****y tom cat was using it and I had to pot it up and bring it where I could protect it a bit. The other one has grown quite a bit since planting about eighteen months ago - it makes more of a mound than a 'tree' shape but it's a useful little evergreen and tough as old boots.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
ha ha well at 57 you can always learn and i think you are on my wave length this will be my first attempt to make my garden start in spring ready for summer with a mix of flowers and herbs
Graham plant it , we planted our first Chrtistmas tree in the garden 24 years ago it was in a pot in the bay window and it grew and grew I regularly trimmed it and would put light on it , looked really nice
However unlike fair tales , it grew to big so last Autumn had to cut it down but we had 24 years of enjoy out of it
I planted several Christmas trees in the garden in the early 90s. I have a big garden, but now they are huge and blocking light from other trees and shrubs, so now I wish I hadn't. I can't handle cutting them down so if I decide to do that I will have to pay a tree surgeon.
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Yes, but think about future size, so place it well.
Hi Graham- when you say Christmas tree do you mean it's a proper fir or spruce, because often what the supermarkets sell is something called Cryptomeria which does look like a tiny christmas tree when it's in a small pot, but doesn't get to the size of the real thing
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You would probably do better to keep it in a pot. Repot it up a size now, as it is likely in the smallest size one they could get away with. Conifers do well in pots as long as they don't dry out, so water when needed. Turn the pot occasionally so that it doesn't grow one sided. That way you can use it again next year and if you pot it on from time to time, for several years after. By then you will have a fair idea of how fast it can grow, as Blairs says, if it is a spruce think very hard. It is a forest tree and will dominate any but the largest garden and you can't grow anything underneath it.
Thanks everyone i think Fairygirl is right it could well be a Cryptomeria but its been outside since January and been OK even with the frost i think moving up a pot size may be the way to go untill i see how it grows.
I have a couple of these graham. One in the ground and one in a pot which my girls bought a few years ago for the same reason as you! It's looking a bit sad but only because a b****y tom cat was using it and I had to pot it up and bring it where I could protect it a bit. The other one has grown quite a bit since planting about eighteen months ago - it makes more of a mound than a 'tree' shape but it's a useful little evergreen and tough as old boots.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
ha ha well at 57 you can always learn and i think you are on my wave length this will be my first attempt to make my garden start in spring ready for summer with a mix of flowers and herbs
Graham plant it , we planted our first Chrtistmas tree in the garden 24 years ago it was in a pot in the bay window and it grew and grew I regularly trimmed it and would put light on it , looked really nice
However unlike fair tales , it grew to big so last Autumn had to cut it down but we had 24 years of enjoy out of it
I planted several Christmas trees in the garden in the early 90s. I have a big garden, but now they are huge and blocking light from other trees and shrubs, so now I wish I hadn't. I can't handle cutting them down so if I decide to do that I will have to pay a tree surgeon.