Legend has it that British monk, St. Boniface, first introduced “Christmas Trees” to Germany in the 7th century. In America, Christmas Trees were seen as early as 1747, and by the 1920’s, the decorated Christmas Tree custom was nearly universal throughout the country. Today, millions of people from many nations participate in this centuries-old tradition! Serbian Spruce is endemic to a tiny area of the former Yugoslavia, where just 1,000 individual trees are all that remain of the species' native stand. This tree, initially thought of as a rare novelty, first came to America in the late 1800's. By the turn of the century, this distinctively downswept, often very narrow, and always graceful tree was in wide use, considered among the very finest of ornamental evergreens — a vaunted status it retains to this day. In a few short years, this seedling will grow into a perfect living Christmas Tree! Free planting/growing brochure included with each tree.