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We only stock 1st and premium grade trees. We welcome buyers to inspect the trees before buying. We are a small company and value repeat business. We have been selling Christmas Trees for 11 years and have build up an excellent reputation on the basis of supplying only top quality trees.
This year is proving to be one of the most problematic on record, the main reason being that many of the large Danish growers are delaying confirming prices because of the uncertainty in the Euro/£ exchange rate and their hope it will turn in their favour. The second problem being a continuing shortage of large 6/7/8ft Nordman Fir trees. Growers are keen to exploit this shortage by marking up prices on larger sizes but have been made very aware by retailers that, in these difficult economic times, customers will not accept a predicted 15% price rise and may switch to a smaller tree or, worse still, an artificial one. All the above has been compounded by rising fuel costs making haulage more expensive. The only good news is that availability on smaller sizes is good as new plantations come into production and there should be little or no change in price from last year. The 7/8ft size is a particular problem and many suppliers have already sold out. We are still negotiating with growers and hope to have confirmed prices by September 12th, nearly a month later than usual.
One thing to beware of this year is because of the likely price rises in larger trees some large wholesalers have decided to regrade, re-tag or change their method of height measurement to disguise the increase. So if you bought a particular colour tagged tree last year you might find that the same colour tag and grade is 6” – 12” smaller this year. Caveat emptor!
Norway spruce continues its resurgence as the traditional Christmas tree and this has also meant a shortage of good quality trees particularly in the 6/7ft size range. We have still got some stock but expect this to go very quickly. As ever we would urge buyers to place orders early to avoid disappointment. The days of leaving it late and hoping to pick up cheap surplus stock are long gone. Leave it late and be disappointed! Book early to secure your supplies.
Supply, stocks and quality of larger 9ft plus display trees are good. We can also often help out with supplies of lower grade trees for set dressing, parties, themed events etc. just ask.
If you are offered trees at a price that seems too good to be true they are almost certainly sub standard, poor quality ones. No grower anywhere in Europe will be selling good trees cheaply.
If you are retailing trees we have some netting machines we can hire if you buy your trees from us. Please also see our retailing hints on the website.
If you have any queries at all Tina or Ian will be pleased to help and advise you.
Please note we are wholesalers so our minimum order is 20 trees up to 8ft.
We do supply individual trees over 10ft. |
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