9ft Real Christmas Trees

Free UK delivery on the date you choose. British grown, cut to order.

A 9ft Christmas tree is not a house tree for most people. It is a tree for a room with real height: a period property, a converted barn, a double-height hallway, or a commercial space.

Get the ceiling right and it is spectacular. Get it wrong and you have an expensive problem with a bent star.

Do you have the ceiling?

You need 10ft, and you will be glad of more.

Measure floor to ceiling in the exact spot the tree is going, then take off a foot. The stand lifts the trunk three to six inches, and the topper needs six to nine inches of clear air above the leader.

A 9ft tree under a 9ft ceiling does not fit. This is the single most common mistake at this size, and it cannot be fixed once the tree is in the room.

Victorian and Georgian houses, converted warehouses, barns, church halls, hotel foyers and shop floors are where a 9ft tree belongs.

How wide is a 9ft Christmas tree?

About 5ft 6in across at the base.

A tree is roughly two thirds as wide as it is tall. Five and a half feet of floor is a serious commitment, and a 9ft tree will not sit in an alcove or a bay. It needs to stand proud.

Mark the footprint on the floor with tape before you order.

Getting a 9ft tree into the room

This is a two-person job at minimum, and three is better.

Netted, a 9ft tree will come through a standard door, though it will be heavy and awkward. Carry it in netted, get it upright in the stand while someone holds it, and only then cut the netting from the bottom up.

Do that in the room where it is staying. Once the branches drop, a 9ft tree is not going anywhere.

Leave it several hours before decorating so the branches settle. On a tree this size, gaps appearing overnight are very obvious.

Which 9ft tree?

9ft Nordmann Fir

The right tree at this size, for practical reasons as much as aesthetic ones.

Its branches are strong and grow in well-spaced tiers, which stops a big tree reading as a solid green mass and lets it carry heavy decorations without bowing.

Its needles are waxy and hold their moisture, so a watered 9ft Nordmann holds four to five weeks. That matters, because taking down a dying 9ft tree in mid December is a serious job.

The needles are soft and blunt, which you will appreciate when you are reaching deep into it on a ladder.

9ft Norway Spruce

The traditional tree, and at 9ft the scent fills a large room.

It drops sooner than a Nordmann. In a big space with the heating on, be disciplined about water or put it up later.

What a 9ft tree needs

Around 900 lights, and honestly more. An under-lit 9ft tree looks worse than a well-lit 5ft one, and it is an expensive way to be let down.

A heavy-duty stand. A 9ft trunk can be five or six inches across, and a domestic stand will not close around it. A stand that does not grip is how big trees come down in the night.

Water capacity matters. Work on a litre for every inch of trunk diameter, so a 9ft tree wants six litres or so. It will drink hard.

A proper ladder. Not a chair, not a stool.

Looking after it

Saw an inch off the bottom of the trunk before it goes in the stand. Sap seals the cut end within hours of harvest, and without a fresh cut the tree cannot drink at all, however full the reservoir looks.

Check the water every single day. A 9ft tree drinks a lot, and if the reservoir runs dry the trunk seals over permanently. On a tree this size that is not a quiet fix.

Keep it away from radiators, wood burners and sunny windows.

More in our guides to keeping your tree fresh and putting your tree up.

Bigger than 9ft?

We go up to 13ft as a standard delivered tree, and up to 60ft through our installation service, where we deliver, install, decorate and then remove and recycle it.

Trees over 20ft need machinery and often a steel frame. At that point it is a logistics job, and we will quote it properly.

Delivery

Free, anywhere on the UK mainland, on the date you choose. The tree is netted and packed in a heavy-duty carrier with a cane to protect its shape.

Have someone available to help you move it. More on Christmas tree delivery.

9ft Christmas tree FAQs

What ceiling height do I need for a 9ft tree?

At least 10ft. Allow a foot for the stand and the topper.

How wide is a 9ft Christmas tree?

About 5ft 6in at the base.

How many lights for a 9ft tree?

At least 900. Work on 100 per foot.

Can one person put up a 9ft tree?

No. Get help.

Do I need a special stand?

Yes. A domestic stand will not take a 9ft trunk or hold enough water.

See our Christmas tree size guide, or compare the 8ft and 10ft trees.