Advice for a newbie on Fir trees

[Amateur]

Hello,

 

 I am wanting to buy two fir trees for my garden but thought I would ask the experts for advice before I do this. Is there anything you think I would need to know in advance before I buy them?
How much should I be looking at paying? 

Is there anywhere in particular I should look to buy from?

How should I tend to them? How long before they really begin to grow? 
 

Thanks for your help

[peds]

No way!

 

That's the kind of information I come here for. Very interesting, good work chaps. 

[Amateur]

Thanks for the replies everyone 

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, Amateur said:

Thanks for the replies everyone 

If you feel like it let us know what you go for, and maybe upload a photo or two.

[scbk]

Plant a Douglas Fir, by the time it's a decent size it'll be someone else's problem anyway 

[peds]

24 minutes ago, scbk said:

Plant a Douglas Fir, by the time it's a decent size it'll be someone else's problem anyway 

Got to plan for the future. Never hurts to have a bit of work planned twenty plus years from now.

[openspaceman]

On 16/11/2023 at 20:29, openspaceman said:

Children would suck off the fleshy bit and spit out the seed for a bit of sweetness during sugar rationing, my mother called them snotty gogs

Maybe worth warning that it can kill

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-67612361

[Mark J]

I'd go for a deodar cedar and plan to fell it in 20-30 ish years when it gets too big, then plant something else and repeat the process. I would avoid planting one within 10 metres of a building you like if you're on clay soil. 

Edited December 6, 2023 by Mark J