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KINGS VALLEY, Ore. – Most of the 8 million Christmas trees harvested in Oregon this year will be traditional noble or Douglas fir trees. But a breed of European firs, prized by growers for its ...

Photographer Julien Pebrel travelled to Georgia where the seeds of Europe's popular Nordmann fir ... Where Europe’s best Christmas trees begin. By Olivier Laurent, Julien Pebrel | Dec. 24, 2019.

No unified statistics exist for Christmas tree sales across the European Union, but it is a multimillion dollar industry. By contrast, most cone pickers in Georgia make about 21 cents per pound of ...

The so-called “European” strain of sudden oak death showed up in southwest Oregon a few years back. It was known to spread to fir trees in Europe, but that hadn’t been seen in the state.

Climate change is making Swiss forests warmer and drier. The trees would have to adapt genetically to the rapidly changing climate to continue flourishing at their current growth location. Yet ...

Reelig Glen, near Inverness, has long boasted the famous Dughall Mor, a Douglas Fir that was at one time Britain's tallest tree. Reelig Glen, ...

European nurseries source seeds for these trees from the mountainous region of Racha in the Republic of Georgia. In the UK, you might pay between £55 and £70 ($72-92) for a 2m tree.

Christmas trees have been a tradition in many parts of the world for hundreds of years. The exact origin of the Christmas tree is uncertain, but there are many different theories about its history.

In the mountains of Georgia, workers risk their lives every year to climb more than 50 meters up fir trees to collect cones that supply seeds to Christmas-tree farms across Europe. While millions ...

Georgia is home to Europe’s favourite Christmas tree, the fragrant Nordmann fir. So why do locals have to pay so much for one? It wasn’t always this way. In the past, Nordmann firs were ...