Overview

• Growers say this year’s market will be supplied, though availability is tighter after a May frost damaged new shoots, especially on Nordmann firs.
• Farm reports include 30–40% mortality among young trees at one site in the Gramschatzer Wald, with drought blamed for the die-off.
• Producers expect roughly one euro more per meter this season, with typical retail prices around €23–30 for Nordmann fir and €15–19 for blue spruce.
• Weather setbacks were reported across Europe from Denmark to the Alps, with estimated losses near 10% according to a Bavarian producer.
• To mitigate future shortfalls, growers are shifting plantings to autumn and installing drip irrigation for seedlings; Bavaria sells about four million trees annually with roughly 400 registered growers.