This year the Nordmann fir - Britain's favourite variety - is expected to cost up to £70 for trees over 7ft tall because they are in such short supply.

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While that number is comparable to previous years, she said they still haven’t been able to get enough stock to keep up with the increasing demand for authentic Christmas trees. Philip Rispens, ...

A 5- to 7-foot tree, when planted, will be much different when you see it 20 or 30 years in the future. With a 30-or-more-foot spread when mature, it needs plenty of space.