Tree for Xmas..

[jayvee64]

I would like to get a miniature tree ( pot size for the patio) as a Xmas pressie but I'm not sure what's available to buy at this time of year and would it survive the winter? I would love a miniature fruit tree, cherry perhaps?
Could anyone advise please?

Thanks

[Kayleigh]

Trees are normally sold bare rooted at this time of year you can get them in pots but they are bare with no leaves on so I would think they are not really suitable for a present.

I would go with a bay tree I love mine lots on here dont like them but mine is brilliant for insects in spring and summer..and you can use the leaves and are ever green when all others are sleeping..
But I am bias..

[The Woodman]

There are numerous dwarf species of fruit trees available, jayvee64 and this link will explain how they are grafted onto roostocks with known properties to control their eventual size. You'll note that dwarf cherries are available and it'll be a question of trawling the web or getting out round some decent nuseries.

Choosing Miniature and Dwarf Fruit Trees

Here's one for example but you won't get it for Christmas!

Cherry - Standard - Van Meuwen

[Brocakat]

'Natural Christmas Trees, with roots ! ' - which could be planted out after the Christmas period.

There's lots of 'Blue Spruce' ( Picea pungens 'Glauca' ) at B&Q + also other species of "Christmas Tree" ( e.g. Abies nordmanniana ) ---------- but NOTE that these examples have all been 'Containerised ' --- i.e. Re-Planted from the Bare Ground into pots/containers. Sometimes with a loss of a high proportion of root mass.

This is different from being a plant being ' Container - Grown ' where it's the seedlings which were planted in a small pot at the start of their life & then potted-on as the tree grows larger & larger.

I wait until after the 25th to buy a few & then plant them out in suitable places in local landscapes.

[jayvee64]

Thanks everyone for the advice. I would love to have the garden space to plant a Christmas tree but am lucky to be surrounded by woodland anyway. The cherry tree on the link you pasted Woodman is beautiful. Think I can wait a couple of months for that.!