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john hamilton;907523 Wrote:
Some friends bought this tree that was grown in a pot, five years or
so
ago.

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It's brought into the house from outside in the garden for a couple
of
weeks
every christmas. Although it was a bit pricey initially it saves
buying
one
and throwing it away every year.

Would anyone be able to name this type of tree please and especially
grateful if anyone knows where to buy a *pot-grown* one. (i.e. the roots

have not been chopped to put it in a pot).

Ideally it could be purchased not too far from the North London area in
a
reasonably priced nursery. Thanks for any advice.

It is clearly a true fir, ie Abies spp. But confidently identifying
conifers to species level on a single shot of the needles, when there
are so many cultivars, is a bit tricky. As earlier poster says, Abies
nordmanniana, 'Abies nordmanniana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia'
(http://tinyurl.com/y9ztavw) is the most commonly used true fir for cut
Christmas trees. But part of the reason for that is that it is fast
growing, which is not actually ideal for pot cultivation.

I don't imagine that will concern most places. They will sell what sells
and is cheap :-)


Certainly the ones in Homebase are labelled as Nordmanns (that might not
be what they are though, who knows), the also had Fraser fir and
'Norwegian Pine'

--
Chris French