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Headed To Pick Out Your Christmas Tree Soon?

Admin • May 31, 2019
Lexington Landscaping — Red Christmas Ball in Lexington, KY
If you’re planning on a natural tree for Christmas this year, it’s always best to wait a while longer to put it up than you might an artificial tree. A freshly cut tree, kept well supplied with water, can last about a month, but it’s best to wait another week just to be sure your tree lasts into the new year.
Tree Farms — Christmas Tree in Lexington, KY
Going out to cut your own tree can be a lot of fun and a great family tradition. There’s just something special about wandering through dozens of trees to find just the right one that every one in the family can agree on.

Tree Farms

Kentucky.com has a list of Kentucky tree farms by county here, where you can go to cut your own, or have one cut for you. These tree farms offer added touches to enhance the experience like free hot chocolate. Christmas are not all created equal – there are many tree varieties used as Christmas trees. While you are most likely to see fir and pine varieties here in the Bluegrass, Proflowers.com has a great list of 16 tree varieties, each of which has it’s own appeal.

If you’re buying a precut tree instead, you’ll want to be sure to ask when it was harvested. Many of the trees you find in big box store lots have traveled from all over the country, so it may have been as much as a month with no water. Look for a independent tree seller, and you’re likely to find trees locally sourced and fresh. When you buy local you’ll be supporting the local economy as well. Here are a few tips for success with your Christmas tree.

Test The Needles

Squeeze the needles to see if they’re still juicy and plump, as opposed to dried out and brittle. Bang the tree against the ground once or twice to see how many needles fall off (there shouldn’t be many if it’s still fresh). Look at the color – it should be bright a green, with no ashy color.
Lexington Mowing — Christmas Tree Leaves in Lexington, KY

Expose The Trunk

Cut off the bottom inch or more of the trunk. The cut end of the trunk has ‘healed over’ and won’t be able to absorb water like it needs to. Much like cutting the stems off the end of a bouquet, exposing a surface that can keep your tree hydrated longer.

Let It Rest

While you’re likely eager to get the tree up and begin the decoration fun, but try to hold the kids at bay to let it relax first. Let the tree rest for a few hours or overnight to dry off, settle, and let the bugs escape before setting it up

Bag it Up

All Christmas trees will begin to lose needles as they dry out, but fir, spruce, and cypress generally keep their needles longer than pines. Regardless of which you choose, it’s always a good idea to get a tree bag to put under it to make moving the tree out less messy.

Fresh cut or precut, mantle size or ceiling scraper, the delicious fragrance of a natural tree brings instant Christmas cheer. However you choose to celebrate the holidays, we wish you and yours the very best of the season and a Happy New Year.

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