Wreaths are made with the tips of balsam fir trees, harvested by hand by snapping off about 1 to 2 feet from the end of a branch. If harvested too early in the season, the needles will fall off.

Manley's own Christmas tree, a Korean fir, is decorated with ornaments collected over the years. In New Hampshire, though, the business for hybrid Korean/Balsam fir trees is thriving. Jay Weir ...

This BH Fraser Fir tree (was from $999 ... Balsam Hill You can shop some more must-have Balsam Hill trees below, but remember to act fast because Christmas is around the corner and they won ...

With Christmas Day now in the rearview mirror, many Michiganders will be looking for ways to get rid of their natural ...

When I buy a Christmas tree it is generally a fir, a balsam fir, or its close cousin the Fraser fir. Only once have I ever bought a spruce for a Christmas tree, and still remember the pain ...

It was a reminder of Christmases past, a time when simplicity not splashiness ruled. The Halifax Citadel National Historic Site was decorated with unadorned balsam fir trees and wreaths dolled up only ...

including popular tree species like Scotch pine, Balsam fir, and Fraser fir. Wisconsin has over 800 farms for producing Christmas trees and the state is a major producer of Scotch pine ...

During Storm Darragh last year, close to 140 mature trees were toppled at the historic National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh ...

Spruces do not retain their needles for long, the needles are quite sharp, and the needles are not aromatic like those of firs. Norway spruce has very dark green needles. It retains them longer than ...

Moffatt said he currently grows balsam fir and Fraser fir and has had a similar amount of tree loss between the two species. Although Fraser fir is more sensitive to cold and has done better with ...

Two straight years of drought conditions are impacting the supply of Christmas trees for the Le Sueur Lions’ tree stand.