Christmas 2026 bookings are open. Norway Spruce is the traditional Christmas tree of northern Europe: tough, fragrant and quick to grow, raised from NSW-collected seed. The 300mm travels by courier; both sizes come by our van or can be collected from Mittagong.

Norway Spruce Potted Christmas Tree

Price range: $115.00 through $219.00

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The Traditional Christmas Tree, Alive in a Pot

This is the Norway Spruce, the traditional Christmas tree of northern Europe, alive and growing in its own pot: dark green, dense and fragrant. It is raised from seed collected in New South Wales and grown by Spruced, the specialist grower we have worked with since 2022. Keep it indoors for two to three weeks, then move it back outside. It is among the toughest of our potted Christmas trees and quick to grow once it settles in, which is its strength and the thing to plan for: it will want a bigger pot most years, and in time it becomes a large tree.

A living Norway Spruce, raised from NSW-collected seed and grown by Spruced, a specialist Christmas tree grower

Tried and tested in the Southern Highlands: we have watched this species grow here through wet years and dry ones

The 300mm size travels in a carton we build to fit the tree; the 430mm comes by our van or is collected from Mittagong

Straight advice on climate and growth: where this tree thrives after Christmas, and how big it gets

At a Glance

Sizes: 300mm pot, 80 to 90cm tall; 430mm pot, 120 to 135cm tall
Height: Measured from the base of the pot to the tip of the tree
Growth Habit: Dense and compact at 300mm; a tiered, conical tree at 430mm; fast-growing once established
Climate: Thrives in cool districts, the southern cities and the frosty outer areas of Sydney; keeps well in a pot with care in inner and coastal Sydney; a cool-climate tree to grow with care in Queensland
Style: A living Christmas tree for a family room, kept outdoors in full sun for the rest of the year

APPROXIMATE ACTUAL PLANT SIZE: 80 TO 90CM TALL (300MM POT), 120 TO 135CM TALL (430MM POT)*
*Heights are measured from the base of the pot to the tip of the tree. These are living, seed-grown trees, so height, width and shape vary from tree to tree. Every tree arrives rooted and growing in its own pot.

This is the tree the picture of a Christmas tree comes from. A Norway Spruce potted Christmas tree is Picea abies, the traditional Christmas tree of northern Europe, alive and growing in its own pot: dark green, dense, and with a resinous spruce scent that our grower rates highly. Its needles are softer than most other spruces, so it is an easier tree to decorate than a Blue Spruce.

Ours are grown by Spruced, a specialist Christmas tree grower we have partnered with since 2022, from seed collected in New South Wales. There are two sizes. The 300mm pot stands 80 to 90cm and is dense and compact: a tree for a unit, a smaller room or a low table, light enough for one person to carry, and the size we can send by courier. The 430mm pot stands 120 to 135cm and has grown into the tiered, conical shape of the species; it comes by our van or is collected from Mittagong. The 430mm reaches us in smaller numbers than the 300mm, and once our allocation is booked, we cannot add more.

It is also tough. We have watched Norway Spruce come through wet La Niña years and dry El Niño years here in Mittagong, and our own established trees in 430mm pots have put on more than a metre in a good year. That vigour is the thing to plan for. Once it settles in, this tree grows quickly: expect to move it to a bigger pot most years, and in time to plant it out, where it becomes a large tree. Its branches are more flexible than a Blue Spruce’s, so heavy ornaments sit best close to the trunk. It thrives in cool districts, in Canberra, Melbourne and the Adelaide Hills, and in the outer areas of Sydney that get frosts. In inner and coastal Sydney and on the Adelaide plains it keeps well in a pot with sun, moving air and steady water. It is a cool-climate tree, so in Queensland and other warm, humid areas, grow it with care; we cannot vouch for how it will go there after Christmas.

The Traditional Tree: The Christmas tree of northern Europe: dark green, dense and conical.
Tough and Proven Here: We have watched it come through wet years and dry in the Southern Highlands.
A Real Spruce Scent: Fragrant, with needles softer than most other spruces.
Grows With You: Two to three weeks indoors, then back outside. Quick once settled, so it is a bigger tree each Christmas.

From Last Christmas

★★★★★

"I can't believe how much this tree has grown in one year! We bought it as a Christmas tree and planted it in the garden, and it's already a beautiful feature. So tough and healthy."

— Geoff B., Southern Highlands, NSW

★★★★★

"I was worried about a real tree surviving a Sydney summer, but the Norway Spruce has been incredible. It handled the heat in its pot perfectly. The quality from Sequoia Valley Farms is obvious."

— Anita J., Sydney, NSW

★★★★★

"My new Norway Spruce Xmas tree just got delivered... the new tree is absolutely beautiful. Much appreciate your excellent customer service as well."

— Julie B., Central Coast, NSW

How long can a potted Norway Spruce stay inside?

Two to three weeks. A Norway Spruce is an outdoor tree that tolerates a short stay indoors, not a houseplant. Give it the coolest, brightest spot you have, away from heaters, hot windows and air-conditioner vents, and check the potting mix every day: it should feel moist, never dry and never sitting in water. After Christmas, move it to a shaded, sheltered spot outside for about a week before it goes back into full sun.

Will it survive after Christmas where I live?

In most of south-eastern Australia, yes. This is a cool-climate tree, but a forgiving one: we have watched it come through wet La Niña years and dry El Niño years in Mittagong. In the Southern Highlands, the Blue Mountains, the tablelands, Canberra, Melbourne and the Adelaide Hills it can live outdoors in a pot for years, and the same goes for the outer areas of Sydney that get frosts. In inner and coastal Sydney and on the Adelaide plains it keeps well in a pot with a sunny, open position, the pot kept off hot paving, and water every day in hot weather. Queensland and other warm, humid areas are harder: it prefers cool summers, so grow it with care there, and understand that we cannot vouch for how it will go after Christmas. We cannot promise how any tree will fare once it leaves us, because that depends on its care and its climate. If you are unsure about your district, email us before you order.

Which sizes can you deliver to me?

The 300mm tree travels by courier to NSW, the ACT, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia, in a carton we build to fit the tree. Both sizes can come by our own van to Greater Sydney, the Illawarra and South Coast as far as Kiama, the Southern Highlands and the Blue Mountains, or be collected from our Mittagong HQ. The 430mm is too large for a carton, so it is van delivery or collection only, and it reaches us in smaller numbers than the 300mm; once our allocation is booked, we cannot add more. Enter your postcode in the checker on this page to see your options, dates and price. We cannot send either size to Western Australia, the Northern Territory or Tasmania.

How fast will it grow, and how big does it get?

Quickly, once it has settled in. Growth is about establishment: a tree that has just been repotted or planted spends its first season on roots, then picks up speed. Our grower's guide is about two metres in six to eight years. Our own established trees in 430mm pots in Mittagong have put on more than a metre in a good year, and in the ground it is faster again: a Norway Spruce in a church garden here, planted from a 300mm pot several years ago, now stands 5 to 7 metres by our estimate and has carried cones for three years. In Australian gardens it commonly reaches 15 to 20 metres. Plan for a bigger pot most years and, in time, a place in the ground.

What are the needles like, and does it have a scent?

The needles are short, dark green and softer than most other spruces, though the tips are still pointed. The scent is a clean, resinous spruce fragrance that our grower rates highly; you notice it most when you brush the foliage, and a living tree gives off less than a cut one. A cut Norway Spruce is known for dropping its needles within a few weeks. A living one in a pot does not have that problem, provided the potting mix never dries out.

Can I use the same tree again next Christmas?

Yes. After Christmas, ease it back into full sun and water it through summer. In autumn, move it into a pot one size larger with a fresh, free-draining potting mix. It will be a noticeably bigger tree next December, which most people enjoy, but it does mean this is not a tree that stays table-sized. After a few Christmases it will want to go into the ground.

Can I plant it in the garden afterwards?

Yes, where the climate suits and there is room, and this is where the species does its best work. Give it an open, sunny position with 8 to 10 metres of clearance from buildings, fences and power lines. It is not fussy about soil: around the Southern Highlands we have seen it do well in heavy clay, shale, sandstone soils and rich basalt, as long as the ground is not permanently boggy. Plant in autumn so the roots can establish over winter, and water it deeply through its first two summers. It suits a large garden, an acreage or a family property in a cool or temperate district.

What should I stand it in indoors?

A tub that holds water. The grower pot drains freely, which is right for the tree and wrong for a floor. A half wine barrel, a large glazed pot without a drainage hole, or a basket lined with a deep saucer all work, and they hide the black pot as well. The 300mm pot is 30cm across at the rim, and the 430mm pot is 43cm across, so choose a tub a little wider than that so you can lift the tree in and out. Tip out any water that collects after an hour so the roots are not sitting in it.

Detailed Description and Specs

The Norway Spruce (Picea abies) is native to northern, central and eastern Europe. Its range runs from the Arctic edge of Norway, south through the Alps and the Carpathians, to the mountains of the Balkans. It is one of Europe’s great timber trees, the wood chosen for the soundboards of violins and guitars, and it carries the longest cones of any spruce, 9 to 17cm long. It is also the tree used as the main Christmas tree in several countries. A young Norway Spruce is dense, dark green and conical; as it matures, the side branchlets begin to hang from the main limbs like curtains.

Ours are grown by Spruced, a specialist Christmas tree grower we have partnered with since 2022. The seed is collected in New South Wales, and the trees are container-grown from the beginning: started as plugs, potted on through each size, and finished in the black 300mm or 430mm grower pot they arrive in, so the root system has never been dug out of a field. Spruced grows its larger Norway Spruce with the pot sitting inside a larger pot sunk into the ground, which keeps the root ball below the soil line, shields it from hard frost through winter and keeps the roots cooler through summer. We collect each season’s trees from the grower and bring them to the Southern Highlands, where the 300mm trees are packed into cartons we build around each one and the rest are loaded for van delivery or held for collection.

The two sizes are two different trees to live with. The 300mm pot, at 80 to 90cm, is dense and compact: one person can carry it, it suits a unit, a smaller living room or a low table, and it is the size that travels by courier. The 430mm pot, at 120 to 135cm, has opened into the tiered, conical shape of the species, with clear layers of branches from the pot to the tip; it needs two people and a clear path to the door. The 430mm reaches us in smaller numbers than the 300mm. Both are living, seed-grown plants, so no two are identical.

We can speak for this tree from close to home. Norway Spruce has been tried and tested in the Southern Highlands, through wet La Niña years and dry El Niño ones. Our own established trees in 430mm pots in Mittagong have put on more than a metre in a good year. One in a church garden here, planted from a 300mm pot several years ago, now stands 5 to 7 metres by our estimate and has carried cones for the last three years. What these trees have in common is that they were given time to establish: the growth comes once the roots have settled.

It helps to know what this tree is not. It is not slow, and it will not stay table-sized: it needs a bigger pot most years and, in time, a place in the ground, where it becomes a large tree. It is not a tree for heavy ornaments on the branch tips. And it is not a tree for hot, humid climates. What it is: the traditional Christmas tree, fragrant and soft to handle for a spruce, forgiving across more of south-eastern Australia than most, and a tree that rewards you for keeping it.

Here’s why we think you’ll love the Norway Spruce Potted Christmas Tree:

Species: Picea abies (Norway Spruce, also called European Spruce)
Provenance: Native to northern, central and eastern Europe; raised from seed collected in NSW and container-grown by Spruced, our partner grower since 2022
Sizes: 300mm pot, 80 to 90cm; 430mm pot, 120 to 135cm; both measured from the base of the pot to the tip of the tree
Growth Rate: Fast once established. Our grower’s guide is about two metres in six to eight years; established trees can add more than a metre in a good year
Foliage: Short, dark green needles, softer than most other spruces; somewhat flexible branches; a resinous spruce scent
Shape: Dense and compact at 300mm; tiered and conical at 430mm
Climate: Thrives in cool districts, the southern cities and the frosty outer areas of Sydney; keeps well in a pot with care in inner and coastal Sydney; a cool-climate tree to grow with care in Queensland
Best For: Households that want the traditional tree; units and smaller rooms (300mm); gardeners who enjoy a tree that grows; anyone with room to plant a large tree in time

Care and Planting Guide

A Norway Spruce is a hardy, forgiving tree that visits the house for Christmas. Give it sun, steady water and room to grow for the rest of the year, and it bounces back well from a hard week.

When It Arrives: Unpack a couriered tree straight away, take the wrapping off the root ball, stand it upright and water it until water runs from the base. A tree that has spent a few days in a carton in early summer can arrive thirsty. Give it a deep drink and a few days outdoors in bright shade before you bring it in; a dose of seaweed tonic in the water helps it settle. If Christmas is still weeks away, leave it outside in the sun and bring it in when you are ready to decorate.
Indoors at Christmas: Two to three weeks is the limit. Choose the coolest, brightest position you have, and keep it away from heaters, air-conditioner vents and hot western glass. Stand the pot inside a tub, half barrel or lined basket so you can water without marking the floor.
Watering: This is the one thing a Norway Spruce will not forgive: do not let the pot dry out. Check the potting mix every day with a finger. It should feel moist a few centimetres down, never dust-dry and never sitting in water. Indoors, a slow litre or two at a time is better than a flood, and any water standing in the tub after an hour should be tipped out. A few of the oldest needles browning and dropping from deep inside the tree is normal. Needles dropping across the tree mean the mix has been too dry or too wet, so check it before you do anything else.
Decorating: Use LED lights, which run cool. The branches have some give in them, so hang glass baubles and heavier ornaments close to the trunk and keep the lighter pieces for the tips.
Back Outside: After Christmas, do not move it straight from the lounge room into January sun. Give it about a week in a sheltered, shaded spot first, then move it into more sun in stages. Foliage that has softened indoors can scorch, which shows as brown patches on the side facing the sun. If that happens, step it back into shade and keep easing it out; bring it under cover on the worst heatwave days. It will be sturdy again by autumn.
Know Your Climate: In cool districts such as the Southern Highlands, the Blue Mountains, the tablelands and the Adelaide Hills, in Canberra and Melbourne, and in the outer areas of Sydney that get frosts, it can live in the open all year. In inner and coastal Sydney and on the Adelaide plains, give it a sunny, open position with air moving around it, keep the pot itself off hot paving, and water daily in hot weather. In Queensland and other warm, humid areas, grow it with care: it prefers cool summers, and we cannot vouch for how it will go there after Christmas.
Through the Year: Full sun gives the densest, most even growth. Water regularly through summer, because a tree in a pot dries out far faster than one in the ground. Feed in spring with a slow-release fertiliser for trees and shrubs.
Potting Up: Plan on it most years; this tree grows quickly once it has settled. Repot in autumn, once the peak of summer heat has passed and the days are around 23 to 24 degrees with nights in the low to mid teens. In the Southern Highlands, that is usually late February or early March; in warmer coastal districts, mid March to early April. Use a premium potting mix that drains freely. A weekly dose of seaweed tonic in the weeks beforehand helps the roots. A 300mm tree moves up to a 400mm or 430mm pot. If autumn gets away from you, late winter is the second window.
Keeping Its Shape: Left alone, a fast-growing Norway Spruce puts on a long leader and opens up between its tiers. To keep it dense, shorten the leader in summer, once the new shoots have finished lengthening and begun to firm: cut it back to 20 to 30cm, a couple of centimetres above a healthy bud, then trim the side shoots of the top tier a little shorter than the leader. Only cut into the current season’s growth, never back into bare wood, because it will not reshoot from there.
Planting Out: Plant in autumn, when the days are mild and the nights are cool, so it can root in over winter. Choose an open position in full sun with 8 to 10 metres of clearance from buildings, fences and power lines: in the ground this becomes a large tree. It copes with clay, shale and sandstone soils as well as rich loam, but not with ground that stays boggy. Water it deeply through its first two summers.

For more on living with a real tree, read our Ultimate Christmas Tree Care Guide.

Shipping and Delivery

How your tree reaches you depends on its size
The 300mm tree can travel by courier, come by our van, or be collected. The 430mm tree is too large for a courier carton, so it is van delivery or collection only. Enter your postcode in the checker at the top of this page to see which options apply to you, with dates and prices.

Courier: 300mm only, to the Eastern States (NSW, ACT, VIC, QLD, SA)
Each couriered tree travels in its own pot, with the root ball wrapped for the journey, in a carton we build to fit that tree, and is sent by tracked courier; you receive the tracking details by email when it leaves us. We dispatch from Mittagong in the NSW Southern Highlands, in a region free of key plant pests — which lets us send most species directly to the Eastern States and the ACT without additional treatment. Couriered trees usually leave us in the second half of November, and we will hold a tree back for a few days if the weather or a courier backlog makes that the kinder choice. Unpack and water your tree the day it arrives. If you are ordering for Queensland or another warm, humid climate, please read the climate notes in the Care and Planting Guide first: we are glad to send you a tree for Christmas, but it is a cool-climate tree and will need care there afterwards.

Van delivery: both sizes, to a booked slot
Our own van delivers to four corridors, each on its own days through the season:

Greater Sydney
Illawarra and South Coast, to Kiama
Southern Highlands
Blue Mountains

You choose a delivery date and slot at checkout. On the day, you will receive a tracking link to follow the van, a text when we are close, and a photo as proof of delivery. A potted tree can be left in a safe, shaded spot such as a porch or carport if you are not home.

Collection from our Mittagong HQ: both sizes
Our HQ is an off-site collection point in Mittagong, a few minutes from the Hume Highway on and off ramps. It is not a farm, and there is nothing to pick or walk through; your tree is waiting with your name on it. You choose your collection date and window at checkout. A 300mm tree stands upright in most cars; a 430mm tree travels best lying down on a tarp or an old blanket in a wagon, SUV or ute, and we will help you load it.

Western Australia, Northern Territory & Tasmania (WA, NT & TAS)
We are not able to send potted Christmas trees to Western Australia, the Northern Territory or Tasmania this season. Entry requires certified treatment, and that is not available for our Christmas range this year.

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