What factors influence your choice of Christmas tree?

Question

We are about to order another batch for planting up and sellng in 5 years time, so what makes you choose one over another ?

Is it:

Price

Locally sourced

species

low drop / soft needle

bare rooted, potted

sustainable ( buy one / plant one )

Answer 1

Overall it cant be too expensive that the most important factor for me.

Next is the quality and colour (i love those 'blue'' ones- dont know what they are called!)  

The species to me doesnt matter as long as it looks pretty.

We have always bought bare rooted in the past but i really would like to try a potted one and keep it all year round.

I dont know much about the issue on sustainable trees but i would feel 100% less guilty knowing that the trees i buy which have been cut down are being replanted with new saplings (or what ever they are called lol).

Out of everything i think a nice appearence at a reasonable price comes first for me.

Answer 2

local, scent, ornament strength....

Answer 3

#1 Looks

#2 Price

We decide how much we can afford, and just take the best lookin' one at that price. That's about it!

Answer 4

Im a kid, so my choice is kinda sentimental, but i always beg my dad to get the best-smelling tree.  you know, with that really strong piney smell?

Answer 5

Cost, beauty, difficulties in maintaining.

Answer 6

Growing up, we always had a artifical tree.

Answer 7

Good smell, full bushy ness but with the short needles, price, and how close it is to my house.

Answer 8

For me it's ornament holding capability. Limbs have to be strong to hold heavy ornaments. Space between limbs must be more open/lacy to show those ornaments. Tree farms are trimming too tightly,mechanically. Real trees don't have any individual expression anymore. We are all going to get some of our parents real ornaments one day and those ornaments can be really heavy but there won't be any trees other than artificial ones to support them.