28 Types of Real Christmas Trees Around the World
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December month is approaching soon. In a Christian community, Christmas is celebrated worldwide on 25th December. People clean their houses and deck the Christmas tree with silver balls, shiny less and balloons. People also send Christmas gifts to closest friends and family members and cherish this celebration saying “Merry Christmas”. Here you go, get the real-time gift giving fun through online Christmas gifts shop.
Do you know the history of Christmas Tree? It's interesting to know.
For decades Christmas is celebrated with Christmas tree. Instead of artificial plants, the real deal of Christmas tree is the best idea to celebrate this season. Live plants can draw more attention than you buy faux plants. There are several biodegradable Christmas plants can be recycled for various purposes.
Types of Real Christmas Tree
There are most popular Firs, Pines and Spruces tree available which has a Christmas tree like needle foliage and also grow well in the winter times. So let's find out the varieties of Christmas Tree.Fir:
Firs (Abies) are a genus of 48–56 species of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Pinaceae. They are found through much of North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, occurring in mountains over most of the range. Firs are most closely related to the genus Cedrus (cedar) - Wiki
#1. Douglas Fir :
It is a pyramid shape tree with and long-lived cut tree. It has a pleasant fragrance with hard dark blue needle foliage. It spreads aromatic fragrance when crushed. People choose to use this Christmas tree to scent the room.
#2. Nordaman Fir :
It has soft glossy dark green needles grows in a lovely symmetrical shape. It has somewhat slide rounded needles with strong branches. Compare to Douglas it has a long, lush, dark leaves grow around 60 feet long and branches widen around 20 to 25 feet. For its good height and symmetrical shape, it is acknowledged as the best Christmas tree.
#3. Balsam Fir :
It lasts for a long time. It’s a good option for home decor also. It is a just three to four feet long and 1 to ½ needles with a sweet fragrance. It is a short and sweet plant with a dark green appearance.
#4. Cannan Fir :
It is an absolutely new Christmas tree plant welcomes in the Firs category. In the growth and appearance, it looks same as Eastern Fir or Balsam Fir. It smells really nice when adorned in the room.
#5. Fraser Fir :
Fraser Fir is known for its dark green flattened needles on the top surface and silver effect downwards. It is a pyramid-shaped tree grows in the dried soil too. It has dark green needles looking upward.
#6. Grand Fir :
This tree typically grows to the height of 40 to 70 m height. It is very close to the white fir. In the United States, this is only known as a Christmas tree. Its leaves are needle-like flattened green above and white under. It gives a good citrus smell when crushed.
#7. Korean Fir :
It is another species of Fir Christmas trees. Korean Fir grows with underside needles and known for its aromatic scent. It has a distinctive fresh pine smell used to fragrance the room.
#8. Noble Fir :
It has a dark bluish color foliage upside and a silvery appearance inside. It has a short, stiff branches turn upwards. It has the same shape like we talk about Douglas Fir.
#9. White Fir or Concolor Fir :
It has a pleasing aroma with blue-green foliage color. It has a good needle retention known for its citrusy aroma.
Spruce
Spruces are large trees, from about 20–60 meters (about 60–200 feet) tall when mature, and can be distinguished by their whorled branches and conical form. The needles, or leaves, of spruce trees, are attached singly to the branches in a spiral fashion, each needle on a small peg-like structure. - wiki
#10. Norway Spruce :
It has a good conical shape with pointed mild green needles. It is mostly found in houses of USA and UK in December for its aromatic fragrance. It is a most popular spruce Christmas used to decor the Christmas house.
#11. Black Hill Spruce :
It has a dense dark green to blue needles with stiff and pointed needles. It has sharp needles which can be a difficult matter to handle this tree for small children.
#12. Blue Spruce :
It has a foliage starts with dark green to powdery blue color. It is a symmetrical shape tree with stiff branches. It is known as a good ornamental tree to deck the heavy ornaments on the tuff branches.
#13. Colorado Blue Spruce :
It is a good symmetrical shape tree come with bluish gray needles. It is mostly used to fill the pine-pillows. It has good needle retention with cunning needles of 1 or a ½ inch long.
#14. Serbian Spruce :
Serbian Spruce displays the glossy needles on the upper surface and blue-white downside. It is a cone shape tree, also known as an ornamental tree. It grows in a crown form growing around 20 m to 66 ft long in the wide garden.
#15. White Spruce :
It has short and cunning needles grow to bluish green color. It’s short but hard needles are good to ornament the tree. It spreads good aroma when crushed.
Pines
Pine trees are evergreen, coniferous resinous trees (or, rarely, shrubs) growing 3–80 m (10–260 ft) tall, with the majority of species reaching 15–45 m (50–150 ft) tall. The smallest are Siberian dwarf pine and Potosi pinyon, and the tallest is an 81.79 m (268.35 ft) tall ponderosa pine located in southern Oregon's Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.- Wiki
#16. Afghan Pine :
Its native is Afghanistan and grows with soft, short sharp needles. It has sturdy branches which are good to handle the heavy decorative materials. It has short sharp needles which can bear even the freezing cold season.
#17. Austrine Pine :
It has a mild-moderate fragrance which grows with the dark green needles. It is a native of Austria. It is the toughest tree grows in shape with dark green needles. For its tough branches it is used to wear the heavy ornaments on it.
#18. Lodgepole Pine :
It is a mature tree grows in the mountain area. it is a low needle drop tree available in 4 ft to 12 ft sizes. It is a bushy tree available with long green needles. It has a very good natural pine scent.
#19. Red Pine :
Red Pine is known as a Pinus Resinosa or Norway Pine. Its leaves are needle-like grows in the dark yellow-green color. It is a long-lived tree grows best in the well-drained soil.
#20. Ponderosa Pine :
Ponderosa Pine is mostly known as Pinus Ponderosa. It has a bright green needles. It has most flexible needles grows to around 5 to 10 inches long. It don’t support heavy ornament, but easy to handle for small kids.
#21. Scots Pine :
It is a most popular Christmas tree known for its evergreen needles. Its green needles hold up to four weeks, even if it is getting dried. It is a good plant to survive and grow easily throughout the holiday season. For its long durability, this is become the most popular plant for Christmas.
#22. Virginia Pine :
It is a popular southern Christmas tree grows in a small-medium size with dark green needles. It has a strong and sturdy branch used to hold heavy decoration. It has a beautiful pine scent respond very well to trimming.
#23. White Pine :
Its needles grow in bundles of five. It has a soft blue-green needle grows in length from 2 to 5 inches. White pine is so flexible and soft retains needles in December. It has soft needles so it could not support heavy ornaments.
Cedars
Cedars share a very similar cone structure with the first (Abies) and were traditionally thought to be most closely related to them, but molecular evidence supports a basal position in the family. - Wiki
#24. Deodara Cedar :
Deodar native is Himalaya and in India, it is known as a divine tree. It is a conic crown shape tree with drooping branches. The leaves are needle-like to vary from bright green to glaucous blue-green color.
#25. Eastern Red Cedar :
It is a long-lived plant can bare the chilly holiday season. It has a shiny green color foliage with sticky to touch effect. Its needles last fresh up to two to three weeks. For its longevity people prefer to plant this Christmas tree.
Cypress
Rich, hunter green foliage blends wonderfully with lighter yellow fan-like leaves and blooms. Softened by drooping branch work with an irregular globe shape, the tree will add a character like no other evergreen can.
#26. Arizona Cypress :
It is a North America tree is a conic shape tree turn to ovoid conic crown shape. Leaves are scale-like 2 to 5 mm long and change color from dull green to bright blue-green color, grows in the rounded shoots.
#27. Leland Cypress :
Introduce you another species of Christmas trees from Cypress family. It is mostly known as leylandii. It is a fast-growing Christmas tree most popular in South-East. It has a less smell good for the people allergic to the smell.
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#28. Carolina Sapphire :
It is a favorite Christmas tree worldwide. It is the newest species of Christmas tree. Needles are soft to touch and foliage is blue-green. It has a good aroma stands to and can dry out even water stands.
We have given almost all types of old and new collections of Christmas trees from around the world. The countdown to Christmas begins and you must have started to plan for buying a Christmas tree. You can visit a nearby nursery and buy any Christmas plant available from the above list. Must Follow these buyers guide on Christmas Tree before selecting any. So what are you waiting for, choices are available, what is your favorite, get it, decorate it and enjoy the Christmas holiday season in full motion.
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