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Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree mocked after arriving from Norway: ‘Where’s the other half of it?’
(www.independent.co.uk)
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I know though this is 19 metres tall and I wasn't sure how long tall they let them grow before selling them.
Live trees are not really a thing in Australia.
It’s usually around 50 years old.
According to the bbc this was the 76 tree and is around 70 years old.
Also from the article.
"However, the Norwegian foresters who look after the tree describe the chosen one as "the queen of the forest".
That seems to also imply there is no tree farm used.
I doubt any tree farm would have a bunch of 50 year old trees laying around.
We have Christmas tree farms here in Oregon. I have heard that it takes about 5 years to grow to selling size, so 6-7 feet or 2 meters. So I don't know what species they grow in Norway, but I bet it takes longer than 5 years!
It’s a Norway spruce.
The Larch. The Larch.