Christmas Trees
Our number one goal is to provide the finest quality of Christmas tress grown in Oregon. We are a family owned business who started growing tress in the Willamette valley in 1999. We have Christmas tress in the Willamette valley ranging from 5 feet to 11 feet in height. We locally grow and sale the following Christmas trees:
Grand Fir
Douglas Fir
- It is our most economical tree
- It has long soft blue-green needles and a sweet fragrance.
- It holds up well during handling and shipping
- Plantation trees have excellent symmetry and density
- They display very well.
- Douglas fir is Oregon’s state tree.
Noble Fir
- Its Beautiful Shape
- Its Fragrance
- Symmetry
- It Exhibits Superior Needle Retention
- Its Durability
Grand fir Christmas trees are often chosen because of their unique beauty and absolutely wonderful scent. They are beautiful, thick foliaged trees that attain their shape early and have lustrous shiny dark green needles. The needles are blunt and notched on the end with two white bands on the lower surface. This gives the tree a "silvery" appearance. The needles spread horizontally in 2 distinct rows and are 1-1/4 to 2 inches long. The branches appear flattened because of their arrangement on the twigs. They are known to be very tolerant of cold temperatures, however, as is the case with our other tree species, they will not survive long if they are frozen after they have been cut. Grand fir are cultured annually and will last 3-4 weeks with proper care after being harvested.
A Douglas fir Christmas tree is an evergreen tree with a pyramid shaped crown and blue green needles ¾ inch to 1½ inches long. It is our most popular Christmas tree and western Oregon's predominant tree species. It is the most dominant species in the reforested areas of our farm and left to grow can attain heights of up to 300' and live to be over 500 years old. Its thick bark helps it to survive forest fires. It is also used widely in construction for plywood veneers, cabinets, flooring and framing.
As a Christmas tree, its natural pyramid shape is enhanced each year through careful pruning and shearing. Limbs on the lower 6-8 inches of the tree are removed to allow easy entry into your tree stand. After being cut, the average life of a Douglas fir Christmas tree is 3-4 weeks. One of the knocks on the the Douglas fir is that it may be difficult to decorate if the branches have been sheared into a perfect conical shape, leaving too little space between branches to hang decorations.
Reasons for buying douglas fir include:
A Noble fir Christmas tree is an evergreen tree in the True Fir family with gray green needles that often appear silver. It has long been considered an excellent Christmas tree because of its beauty, stiff branches and long needle retention, and is rapidly growing in popularity. The needles are generally twisted upward so that the lower, lighter colored, surface of the branch is exposed. The tree has a rounded crown and symmetrical shape. The needles grow to about 1½ inches. A cultured Noble fir Christmas tree is dense and grows slower than most other varieties.
Reasons for noble fir popularity include:
You can expect your Noble fir to stay fresh with proper watering for up to 6 weeks. Because of the trees durability, the Noble fir is also widely used in the greenery business to make wreaths, door swags, garland and other Christmas products. As with our Douglas and Grand fir varieties, Noble fir require annual culturing to enhance the tree's shape and spacing. Harvest The harvest season for us starts on October. Today the use of helicopters in the Christmas tree industry has allowed growers to speed the process of getting trees to the landing for baling and loading. Also, helicopter harvest keeps the trees from getting drug through the mud, so they are clean for the customers.
