Winter Greens are used in Minnesota in pots to create interest in the winter when plants and flowers are not an option. Winter Greens include Spruce tips, Pines, Cedars, and more. Winter Greens can be used in patio pots, window boxes, and hanging baskets. Spruce Tips are an essential piece for creating a container for the winter. They fill out the container creating height and volume. It’s best to start from the center and work your way out, adding multiple sized tips for dimension. Once a base is established other greens like Pines and Cedars can be added as filling creating texture and layers.

GROWING TREES FOR TIPS

Our Spruce tips are harvested locally from a farm that grows trees for the purpose of cutting and selling tips to create containers and other holiday decorating items. No need to worry about forests being demolished for the sole purpose of decorating your home.

WATER UNTIL FROZEN

Spruce tips are cut from the source, so you can think of them as being like fresh cut flowers. Once cut they continue to stay fresh and green for a long period of time outside. Once they are placed in the soil, whether it be the ground or a container, they must be watered until frozen. Each tip will use that water to keep its nice, green color. Once frozen in they are good to go, unless warm temperatures are forecasted.