{"id":5873,"date":"2024-11-26T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=5873"},"modified":"2025-02-13T14:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T18:33:49","slug":"selecting-a-real-christmas-tree-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/selecting-a-real-christmas-tree-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Selecting a Real Christmas Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christmas<\/a>A real Christmas tree is an important part of a holiday celebration for many Hoosier households. Consumers have several choices for purchasing a real tree, including pre-cut trees at retail outlets or seasonal sales locations, choose-and-cut trees at Christmas tree farms, or even live trees that can be replanted after the holidays. Purdue Extension offers two publications that can help you select and care for your tree: Tips for First-Time Buyers of Christmas Trees<\/a> provides advice and direction on how to set up and care for your tree to improve safety and enjoyment. Selecting an Indiana-Grown Christmas Tree<\/a> provides details on the characteristics of different species of real Christmas trees available in Indiana, as well as care instructions for\u00a0cut and live Christmas trees.<\/p>\n

Pre-cut real Christmas trees are available at many retail outlets like garden centers, supermarkets, or seasonal sales locations. If you are looking for local choose-and-cut Christmas tree farms you can consult local media and advertising outlets or the Indiana Christmas Tree Growers Association<\/a>. Some garden centers and Christmas tree farms may also offer live trees for sale.<\/p>\n

If you are considering growing your own Christmas trees for personal use or sale, the Extension publications Growing Christmas Trees<\/a> and A Choose-and-Cut Pine and Fir Christmas Tree Case Study<\/a> outline\u00a0economic and management considerations for growing Christmas trees.<\/p>\n

Check out the Ask an Expert: Holidays in the Wild<\/a> as the experts answer questions regarding Christmas trees along with wildlife you may see while you walk in the woods this winter. In this Ask an Expert video they share resources about picking a real Christmas tree and how to access real trees locally in Indiana as well as collecting decoration materials like cones, seed pods and nuts form the wild for crafting and decorating. They also discuss how you can provide habitat and supplemental food for wildlife using Christmas trees and wreaths before, during and after the holiday season.<\/p>\n

Resources:
\n<\/strong>A Choose-and-Cut Pine and Fir Christmas Tree Case Study<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension’s resource center
\nLiving Christmas Trees For The Holidays and Beyond<\/a>, The Education Store
\nTips for First-Time Buyers of Real Christmas Trees<\/a>, The Education Store
\nGrowing Christmas Trees<\/a>, The Education Store
\nSelecting an Indiana-Grown Christmas Tree<\/a>, The Education Store
\nWinterize Your Trees<\/a>, The Education Store
\nTree Installation: Process and Practices<\/a>, The Education Store
\nWhat do Treed Do in the Winter?<\/a>, Got Nature? Blog, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR)
\nForest\/Timber Playlist<\/a>, subscribe to Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) YouTube Channel
\nAsk the Expert: Holidays in the Wild<\/a>, Purdue Extension – FNR YouTube Channel
\nID That Tree: Balsam Fir<\/a>, Purdue Extension – FNR YouTube Channel
\nID That Tree: Scotch Pine<\/a>, Purdue Extension – FNR YouTube Channel
\nTo identify other pine trees view ID That Tree<\/a>, Purdue Extension – FNR YouTube Channel<\/p>\n

Lenny Farlee<\/a>, Extension Forester
\nHardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center<\/a>
\nPurdue Department of Forestry & Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A real Christmas tree is an important part of a holiday celebration for many Hoosier households. Consumers have several choices for purchasing a real tree, including pre-cut trees at retail outlets or seasonal sales locations, choose-and-cut trees at Christmas tree farms, or even live trees that can be replanted after the holidays. Purdue Extension offers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,42,45],"tags":[58,60,63],"class_list":["post-5873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmastrees","category-forestry","category-howto","tag-christmas-trees","tag-forestry","tag-how-to","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 00:49:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5873"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31849,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5873\/revisions\/31849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}