2019

A Christmas Tree in a Pot - a Favourite Decoration during the Christmas Time

With just a little bit left until Christmas, the task of picking the perfect Christmas tree is becoming more and more urgent, and it is not an easy task. The Embassy of Latvia’s State Forests offers a wide selection of high-quality fir trees in pots grown in nurseries of JSC “Latvia's State Forests” (LVM) as well as holiday decorations or gifts made from natural materials.

In the yard of the Embassy of Latvia’s State Forests, there is a whole garden of Christmas trees in pots, which gathers smaller and larger Christmas trees of various shapes and shades of green. “We have a very wide selection of different varieties of fir trees, and anyone interested will find the right one for them,” says Līga Urtāne, a consultant at the Embassy of Latvia’s State Forests.

“This year, the demand for Christmas trees in pots is very high. The main condition for choosing the right Christmas decoration is its height. The symmetry of the fir tree or the shade of the needles is not essential, the decisive factor is the future height of the tree - height and width. Nevertheless, both tall fir trees and small fir trees are in demand. For example, the Remontii spruce has attracted a great deal of consumer interest, probably due to its large and dense branching, which gives the appearance of a neat and well-grown spruce. Moreover, its height in the future will reach about 2.5 metres, which, in turn, allows this variety to be planted close to buildings, and at the end of the year it can be comfortably decorated with Christmas lights to create holiday mood in the garden in winter darkness,” tells Līga Urtāne. She has also observed that there is a plenty of people returning to the embassy each year to look for new Christmas trees in pots to give to their relatives and friends as gifts, or to bring in a new green coniferous tree to replace the tree that once was planted in the garden. “Currently, the second most sought after fir tree is the blue spruce, because with its currently compact size, it can be used as a gift for colleagues or for creating a festive feeling on the desk. If you do not want a big fir at home, then a fir tree of this size will be exactly what you need. However, it has to be remembered that it is only today that the fir tree is so small, later it can reach up to 15 metres height,” says Līga Urtāne.

If you like small and pyramidal shapes, you can choose the Canadian spruce variety Daisy's White, which will not need to be restricted in height as it reaches only about 2 metres in height, and this Canadian spruce will be suitable for small backyard gardens. The Serbian fir variety Nana and the Korean spruce Silberlocke with silver-crowned needles are also to be mentioned as exceptionally beautiful trees. Snake branch spruce the branches of which are not as bushy and are curved as snakes are also of particular interest.

If you want to create and enjoy a variety of colour games in the garden in the spring, you can choose fir trees that have bright yellow shoots such as Aurea Magnifica, Acrocona or even pink shoots such as Roseospica.  In turn Barrryi spruce trees with a conical foliage have distinctly dark green branches.

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“When bringing a Christmas tree in a pot home, it should not be taken into warm premises straight away; it should first be brought to some cooler place. The spruce should not be kept indoors for more than 1-2 weeks (it is advisable to keep it indoors for as short time as possible); avoid placing it near heaters, fireplaces, as well as remember to spray the needles with water every other day.

“When the Christmas time is over, or if you have decided to bring the tree outside, you should do it with caution, even if the temperature is only slightly below zero, since the tree may not survive the large drop in temperature, it may freeze and the target will fail. In order to move the fir tree more successfully from indoors to a garden, the temperature should be gradually lowered; it is desirable to place the fir in a room for a few days, where the average temperature is below +10 degrees. And then you can try to place it in an even cooler room for a couple of days, and then you can finally take the fir tree outside and put the pot in a snow pile to protect the roots from freezing, or wrap a covering material around the pot,” advises the consultant of the Embassy of Latvia’s State Forests.

See you at the Embassy of Latvia's State Forests (1 Vaiņodes Street, Riga) on working days from 9am to 6pm, and on Saturdays from 9am to 3pm. Customers of the Embassy of Latvia’s State Forests can use the car park free of charge by taking a one-hour pass.

We wish you a very merry Christmas!