Each holiday season, our McDonald Garden Center Christmas Shoppe is created with fresh inspiration, festive decor, and ideas to spark your holiday spirit. This year, we’re especially excited about our newest lifelike trees. They capture the natural beauty of a real tree with the convenience of built-in lights, multiple functions, and easy set-up. These trees are designed to be part of your celebrations for years to come, regardless if they become part of your own holiday forest or are replacing a famed holiday centerpiece.
Here’s a closer look at our top six tree families you’ll want to check out this season:
1. Allison Pine Family
The Allison Pine is a true showstopper and comes in a wide variety of sizes, making it easy to fit in, no matter what your space is like. The most appealing feature of this tree is its Fraser fir-style tips that create a rich, realistic backdrop, just like a fresh-cut tree.
Additional Features:
- Sizes: 5ft to 10ft, in classic green or snowy finishes
- LED lights wrapped from tip to trunk for a luminous glow
- Comes with warm white and multi-colored lights with 8 modes
- Easy foot tapper for on/off control
- Wide branch spacing for easy decorating
2. Rumford Fir Family
The Rumford Fir’s most unique quality is that it evokes the nostalgia of a classic Christmas tree while incorporating modern LED string lights. This pre-lit tree is made with both a 3mm LED diode as well as interspersed crystal-shaped diodes that create a warm, inviting glow that catches the eye.
Additional Features:
- Sizes: 6ft, 7.5ft, and 9ft
- Realistic, flat fir-style needles
- Comes with warm white and multi-colored lights
- Classic yet contemporary look
3. Rossland Fir Family
The Rossland Fir is a dazzling lifelike tree that practically sparkles from every angle. Made with one of our favorite compact string lights, this tree is sure to brighten up a room. Not only that, but it also has lifelike tips throughout the tree so you have that full, lifelike look, but without the hassle of clean-up.
Additional Features:
- 6ft tree: 1,800 lights and 7ft tree: 3,000 warm white LEDs
- Molded lifelike tips from trunk to branch
- Comes with warm white light only with multiple modes
- Natural wood-style center stem with premium base
- Dense, sparkling effect
4. Norway Spruce Family
The Norway Spruce brings the outdoors in with a natural, just-cut look. Its realistic upswept branches and woodland-inspired depth make it feel like a fresh forest tree in your living room. This tree is also lit with micro LEDs. These look as though they are seamlessly blended in with the tree.
Additional Features:
- Sizes: 7ft and 9ft
- Comes in warm white light only with multiple modes
- Perfect for a forest-inspired holiday aesthetic
5. Killington Fir Family
The Killington Fir combines elegance with space-saving practicality. It’s perfect for tighter areas without sacrificing a traditional tree shape as well as including bold micro LEDs that blend right into the branches for a sleek look.
Additional Features:
- Sizes: 9ft and 7.5ft
- Light modes: warm white and multi-color
- Built-in timer, foot tapper, and 8 lighting functions
- Budget-friendly and versatile
6. Geneva Fir Family
The Geneva Fir offers a fresh, vibrant twist with soft blue-green tips that mimic new growth. Its natural look and warm, incandescent-like LED lights make it equally stunningly decorated or just simply lit.
Features:
- Sizes: 6ft and 7.5ft
- Comes with warm white and multi-colored lights with 8 modes
- Easy foot tapper for on/off control
With over 15 tree families and 45+ styles, you’re sure to find the ideal Christmas season centerpiece at either of our year-round locations. Stop by, stroll through our starboard forest and don’t hesitate to chat with our Green Team if you have any questions. To stay inspired and grow with us online, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and TikTok to dig into the joys of gardening.