Green Christmas trees
Green is the colour of most of the range: 56 trees that are meant to look like a pine, a fir or a spruce. The shade varies more than you might expect. Pines in this group are a mid green with a slight blue cast; spruces are darker and flatter; the real-feel firs mix two or three greens on the same branch so the tree does not read as one flat colour. Every height from 2ft to 8ft is here, in pre-lit and unlit versions, full and slim. This page excludes the trees with a snow finish, which have a page of their own.
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Premier
7.5ft Flocked Kingswood Fir Pre Lit with 350 Warm White LEDs Artificial Pencil Christmas Tree
7.5ft tall
£229.00
Which green
Catalogue names tell you the species the tree copies, and that tells you the colour. A pine (Ben Nevis, Grampian, Belvedere) has longer needles in a mid green and often comes with cones and red berries wired in. A spruce (New Jersey, Dorchester) has shorter, denser needles in a darker green. A fir (Lawrence, Kingswood) sits between the two and is the one most often made in real-feel PE tips. If the tree is going against a white wall, a darker spruce gives more contrast; against dark paint or wood, a lighter pine shows better.
What goes with green
Everything, which is why it is the default. Warm white lights and red, gold and natural decorations are the traditional look. Cool white lights with silver, white and glass baubles give a cleaner, colder look that suits a modern room. Multi coloured lights and mixed baubles are the family tree. Green is also the colour that hides a sparse tree best, because the eye reads the gaps as shadow.
Realism and tip material
At the budget end, a green tree is all PVC: strips of foil cut and twisted onto a wire branch, which gives a full silhouette from across the room. From about £130 the outer tips are moulded PE, cast from a real branch, and the tree looks like a fir up close as well as from the sofa. The product page says which, and the tip count tells you how full it is at a given height.
Finding the right green tree fast
Start from the height pages if you know the ceiling, or the price bands if you know the budget; both list green trees alongside the rest. The pre-lit and unlit sections are almost entirely green.
Common questions
Are all the green trees the same shade?
No. Pines are a mid green, spruces are darker, and the real-feel firs mix several greens on one branch. The product photographs are taken in the same light so the shades can be compared.
Which lights look best on a green tree?
Warm white for a traditional look, cool white for a modern one, multi coloured for a family tree. Green takes all three.
Do green trees fade?
PE and PVC foliage is UV stabilised and a tree stored out of direct sunlight keeps its colour for many years. A tree left in a sunny window for months will lighten slightly on that side.
Is there a green tree with blue in it?
Yes, the Midnight Blue Fir, listed under unlit trees, has a deep blue-green needle that suits silver and white decorations.