As I was reviewing options for our guide to the best artificial Christmas trees, I wanted to see if Balsam Hill's expensive trees lived up to the high price tag. I tested the Fraser Fir ...

True firs include our native balsam fir, Fraser fir from the southern Appalachians, and white or concolor fir from the West. People choose a Christmas tree species depending on tradition and ...

More than anything, he was drawn to the site by the trees. “There was this beautiful thicket of balsam fir. It looked like a Christmas tree farm, so that’s where I built,” said Anderson ...

However, Christmas trees are classified as softwoods, and are typically species such as balsam fir, Douglas fir, Fraser fir, noble fir, Scotch pine, Virginia pine and white pine. These softwoods ...

Environmental and hormonal physiology of postharvest needle abscission in Christmas trees. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 35: 1-17. MacDonald MT and Rajasekaran L.R. 2015. Understanding the ...