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Grow your own Christmas trees or a great gift idea :-
White Fir /
Fraser Fir / Noble Fir /
Nordmann Fir / Norway Spruce
/ Blue Spruce / White Spruce / Scottish pine / Douglas Fir / Deodar Cedar /
Giant Redwood
Abies
(Silver Firs)
The seeds are not actually dormant but germinate faster and more uniformly
if they are given a moist pre chilling at 0-2°C for up to 10 weeks.
The Silver Firs listed below are all good to excellent for Christmas trees.
| Abies Concolor 25 seeds £2.25
Bonsai & Trees White Fir, Concolor Fir A beautiful tree with grey bark that becomes scaly with age, leaves are a pale blue-green colour. Popular Christmas tree. Will withstand heat and drought better than most firs. Add to basket
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| Abies Fraseri 25 seeds £2.25 Fraser Fir A medium sized slender conical tree. This variety is becoming more popular for Christmas trees. Quicker growing than the nordmann fir. Add to basket
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| Abies Grandis
25 seeds £1.95 Giant Fir A fast growing conical to columnar evergreen tree. Leaves are fragrant when crushed. The tree has many uses including medicinal, edible, dye, incense and the leaves as moth repellant. Add to basket
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| Abies Nobilis 25 seeds £1.95 Noble Fir A large conical fir with grey bark, grey green to bright blue grey leaves. A very blue strain from tree stands in Wales. Ideal for Christmas trees. Add to basket
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| Abies Nordmanniana 25 seeds £2.25 Nordmann Fir, Caucasian Fir A very ornamental fir with tiered branches that sweep downwards with shiny green leaves. One of the main firs for the Christmas tree market. Add to basket
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Araucaria araucana
Chile pine
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Monkey Puzzle
Tree (Araucaria
araucana)
Bonsai & Trees Rarely seen in the UK, Young tree
found growing in the wild. The well known Monkey Puzzle Tree. The
distinctive well known hardy evergreen tree originating from Chile, it
will withstand exposed situations.
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| Calocedrus decurrens See Libocedrus decurrens
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| Cedrus Atlantica 15
seeds £1.95 Bonsai &
Trees Atlas Cedar Conical coniferous tree that becomes more open with age, an excellent specimen tree. The oil distilled from the branches is used in medicinal treatments, perfumery and insect repellents. The wood is fragrant and used in the construction industry. Bonsai - can be trained to most forms. Add to basket 15 seeds
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| Cedrus Deodora 15
seeds £2.20 Bonsai & Trees Indian Cedar, Deodar Cedar An elegant conical coniferous tree with needle like leaves glaucous or silvery turning mid-green, and drooping branches. Ideal for informal bonsai, formal upright, group styles and multi trunk styles. It is used for Christmas trees and in Altadena California there is a mile long boulevard of Cedrus Deodora known as CHristmas Tree Lane Out of Stock
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| Chamaecyparis Lawsonia
30 seeds £1.00 Lawson Cypress Evergreen columnar tree, growth medium rate, attractive to wildlife, has scented leaves. Can be used as a tall hedge, tolerant of light clipping. Some varieties suitable for Bonsai. Add to basket
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| Cryptomeria japonica 25
seeds £1.35 Bonsai & Trees Japanese Cedar Hardy tree, with blue-green foliage and very ornamental peeling reddish bark. Well liked in Japan as an ornamental tree or bonsai subject. Add to basket
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| Cupressus
cashmeriana 25 seeds £1.25 Cupressus torulosa var. cashmeriana Kashmir Cypress Coniferous tree, very ornamental with graceful weeping branches with glaucous blue leaves in pendant sprays. Add to basket
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| Cupressus macrocarpa 25
seeds £1.00 Bonsai & Trees
Monterey Cypress, California Cypress Coniferous tree, has a rough fibrous bark planted as an ornamental. Prefers full sun and moist soil. Add to basket
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| Ginkgo biloba
8 seeds £2.20 Bonsai & Trees Maidenhair Tree Having unique foliage which is fan shaped and leathery with golden yellow foliage in autumn. Deciduous. Rare to find in the wild but grown in Temple gardens and as specimen trees, an excellent subject to Bonsai. Ginkgo is a traditional Chinese medicine where the seed is used. Recently research has found health promoting properties within the leaves. Used to improve memory, stimulate the blood circulation, leaves are harvested just before they begin to change colour normally in late summer to early autumn. Out of Stock
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| Juniperus
chinensis 20 seeds £1.25
Bonsai & Trees Chinese Juniper Evergreen with scented flowers, the grey-brown bark shreds or peels. Add to basket
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| Juniperus communis
25 seeds £2.25 Bonsai
& Trees Juniper Evergreen spreading shrub to columnar tree with deep green to blue green leaves. Ideal for most styles of Bonsai. Add to basket
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| Juniperus
rigida 25 seeds £2.25
Bonsai & Trees Temple Juniper, Needle Juniper Evergreen tree with pendulous branches and fine needle like leaves. Excellent bonsai subject suited to all styles and sizes. Add to basket
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Larix leptolepis (Larix
Kaempferi) 45 Seeds £1.65
Bonsai & Trees Japanese Larch Fast growing deciduous conifer with blue/green needles fading to yellow/orange. Rust red branches darken in winter to almost purple, quickly makes a very good bonsai. Suitable for all sizes and most styles of Bonsai. Add to basket
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| Libocedrus
decurrens 25 seeds £1.25 Calocedrus decurrens Incense Cedar, Cedar Ornamental Columnar Conifer, spreading flat fan like branches, borne nearly down to the ground. Purplish red thin scaly bark when young that shreds, fragrant wood. Add to basket
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| Metasequoia
glyprostroboides 30 seeds £1.25
Bonsai & Trees Dawn Redwood A conical fast growing deciduous conifer with orange-brown bark. Light green needle type leaves turn a red-brown in autumn. Makes an interesting bonsai, suitable styles include Formal, informal, groves, literati, carved styles. Add to basket
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Picea seeds are not actually dormant
but germinate faster and more uniformly
if they are given a moist pre chilling at 0-2°C for up to 10 weeks.
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Picea Abies 40 seeds
£1.65 Bonsai & Trees Christmas Tree, Norway Spruce. The most commonly cultivated spruce. The traditional Christmas tree, soft dark green needles. Seed requires no pre-treatment. Add to basket
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| Picea engelmannii
25 seeds £1.25 Bonsai & Trees Engelmann Spruce, Mountain Spruce. An evergreen, coniferous, conical shaped tree tree with short branches and red-brown loose scaly bark and pale brown shoots. Flexible, slender, bluish green leaves, (4 sided needles) arranged radically, pointing forward along the shoots. Native to the Rocky Mountains. Add to basket
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| Picea glauca
25 seeds £1.25 Bonsai & Trees White Spruce Conical shaped tree evergreen and fast growing with scaly loose greyish-brown bark. Leaves are blue-green four-sided, stiff and sharp arranged spirally on the branches. Used for Christmas Trees. Add to basket
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| Picea Omorika 25 seeds £1.75
Bonsai & Trees Serbian Spruce A very ornamental spruce, having a spire like form. It quickly forms a tall graceful tree with pendant branches that curve upwards towards the ends. Add to basket
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| Picea Pungens Glauca 25 seeds £1.25
Bonsai & Trees Blue Spruce A columnar to conical tree with glaucous leaves, purplish grey scaly bark, bluish grey green leaves. Ideal use as a specimen tree, a popular landscape tree and Christmas tree. Add to basket
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Pine
Bonsai & Trees
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| Pinus mugo-mughus
25 seeds £1.25 Bonsai &
Trees Dwarf Mountain Pine Bushy small tree or shrub with scaly grey bark. Suitable to any style except broom and can be used in all sizes. Add to basket
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| Pinus thunbergii
50+ seeds £1.35
Bonsai & Trees Japanese Black Pine A conical tree that becomes rounded with age, craggy dark purple-grey bark and dark green needles. Suitable to any style except broom and can be used in all sizes. Add to basket
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| Pinus densiflora
20 seeds £1.25 Bonsai & Trees Japanese Red Pine Evergreen conifer, conical when young becoming flat topped with age. Reddish bark and blue-green needles. Suited to most styles except broom. Add to basket
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| Pinus halepensis
25 seeds £1.25 Aleppo Pine Conical tree when young becoming rounded with age, having scaly red-brown bark. A rugged looking fast growing tree. Add to basket
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| Pinus parviflora
10 seeds £3.00 Bonsai &
Trees Japanese White Pine Evergreen conical or columnar tree, scaly purple-grey bark and bluish green needles which grow in bunches of five. Suited to most styles and sizes of Bonsai. Add to basket
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| Pinus pinea
5 seeds £3.00 Pine Nut Source of the richly delicious pine nuts used in pesto's and other Mediterranean dishes. Attractive pot plant; grows well in pots. Pine Nuts are produced on mature trees. Sow from late winter to late summer, tender perennial. Add to basket
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| Pinus sylvestris
0.5gram pkt (Approx 65-70 seeds)
£1.75 Bonsai & Trees Scottish pine. Scots Pine Becoming more popular in the Christmas tree market. Conical shaped when young, evergreen conifer with blue-green or grey-green needles and flaking red-brown or orange bark. Add to basket
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| Pseudotsuga
Taxifolia P. menziesii 25 seeds
£1.75 Bonsai & Trees Douglas Fir A fast growing evergreen tree, a stately conifer. In young trees the bark is smooth and grey and becomes corky and red-brown with age, the leaves being fragrant when crushed. It is grown for Christmas trees as the needle retention is considered to be reasonable, and the branches thinner than the spruce. Add to basket
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| Sciadopitys
verticillata 10 seeds £3.00
Bonsai & Trees Japanese Umbrella Pine, Umbrella Pine A very ornamental and slow growing columnar to conical evergreen tree, it gets its name umbrella tree by the way the waxy green needles radiate around the stem, giving it an umbrella effect. The timber is used for boat building as it is soft, elastic and water resistant. Habitats bog gardens and woodlands. Use for specimen trees and bonsai. Add to basket
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| Sequoiadendron
giganteum 30 seeds £2.50
Bonsai & Trees Big tree, Giant redwood, Wellingtonia. Another excellent subject for Bonsai. Evergreen conical conifer. Fast growing requiring frequent pruning to maintain its shape as a Bonsai subject. Giant Redwood is also used as a large Christmas tree. Every year Wakehurst Place dress their Giant Redwood that stands over 35m with nearly 2,000 Christmas tree lights. Add to basket
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| Sequoia
sempervirens 25 seeds £1.45
Bonsai & Trees Coastal Redwood An evergreen tree, this is one of the most famous and best known trees in the world. The bark is thick and spongy and is used for making paper and for insulation. This species makes a superb bonsai subject as an upright style in a formal arrangement that resembles the stature of the tree growing in its natural environment. Arrangements of a few trees together works very well. Add to basket
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| Taxus Baccata
30 seeds £1.45 Bonsai & Trees Yew A conical slow growing evergreen tree with spreading horizontal branches having dark green needle like leaves. Peeling reddish brown bark is a feature of some varieties. Makes an excellent hedge being tolerant to clipping, and makes an excellent topiary and bonsai plant. Add to basket
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| Thuja Occidentalis 1 gram pkt (600+ seeds) £1.25 Bonsai & Trees Northern White Cedar Evergreen small column tree to 20m with red-brown bark and fanned out branches. Used for landscape and hedging, Ideal for straight trunk bonsai Add to basket
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| Thuja orientalis
15 seeds £1.25 Bonsai & Trees Chinese Arbor-vitae Conical or crowned large shrub or small tree with red-brown bark. Add to basket
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| Tsuga Heterophylla 25 seeds £1.25
Bonsai & Trees Western Hemlock A tall elegant fast growing evergreen tree. It makes a beautiful specimen conifer, having horizontal branches with pendant tips. Uses are edible and medicinal and was once used by the North American Indian Tribes but is little used in herbalism nowadays. An ideal subject to Bonsai. Add to basket
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The cultural information should be
used as a guide only, I have found a number of different sowing techniques for
the same seed from different sources there does not seem to be a standard. With
this in mind you should use this website as a guide only, you probably already
have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a rule of thumb the
larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed like Lobelia
Begonia etc requires no cover.
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