Potted Christmas Trees

Christmas trees really have evolved over the years! People traditionally decorate living evergreen trees, such as Norwegian Spruce, with lights and ornaments. Families around the world enjoy these festive trees as part of their Christmas celebrations.

Our plant of the month for November is the fabulous potted Norway Spruce. Supplied with a strong rootball,  so you can keep your Christmas tree potted up in the garden all year-round. It’ll be ready to bring in, decorate and enjoy again each December. It’s like having a re-usable artificial tree each year – but at less cost, and with the real captivating pine-fresh scent of those gorgeous needles. Plus, it will look great in the garden all Spring, Summer and Autumn too – just perfect!

Decorating the Potted Norway Spruce

The Christmas tree as we now know it originated in western Germany. The main prop of a popular medieval play about Adam and Eve incorporated a “paradise tree.” This was a fir tree hung with apples, that represented the Garden of Eden. It was the tradition in Western Germany to set up a paradise tree in the home on the 24^th December, the religious feast day of Adam and Eve. Candles were added to the tree as a symbol of Christ – the light of the world.

German Lutherans widely adopted the custom by the 18th century, but it wasn’t until the 19th century that the Christmas tree became a firmly rooted German tradition. In the early 1800s, people introduced the Christmas tree to England, and German-born Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband, helped popularise it by the mid-19th century. Victorians decorated their trees with toys, small gifts, candles, sweet treats, popcorn strings, fancy cakes, and colourful paper chains hung from the branches with ribbons.

We’ll deliver you Norway Spruce straight to your door as an established potted tree, standing around 80-100cm tall.