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title: "Somehow struggling with google on this but hoping someone can help. I…"
description: "Somehow struggling with google on this but hoping someone can help. I have two Christmas trees (not sure what kind, they were live in a pot on our doorstep…"
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author: "Lamar Jackson"
published: "2024-05-29T15:49:43.814719Z"
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# Somehow struggling with google on this but hoping someone can help. I…

_Posted by Lamar Jackson on 2024-05-29_

Somehow struggling with google on this but hoping someone can help. I have two Christmas trees (not sure what kind, they were live in a pot on our doorstep this past Christmas and I planted them a few months later.) They were super dry and I wasn’t sure if they were dead but planted them anyway.

I’ve been tracking the progress and one has these little green bulbs seemingly growing from the end of each branch while the other one is not growing them (seems that they are there but are brown). Pictures below. Any clue what these are? I assume the one where they are green means it’s still growing?  
Thanks!

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Ecdb0SS7vn9YMYXH7ct3-RN2q9Zp9Xfhs2J_ZZYJLds/WxtOnGN3RUGUJqUbZrHrug.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Ecdb0SS7vn9YMYXH7ct3-RN2q9Zp9Xfhs2J_ZZYJLds/weY9k2sGSFS0_GoGYzbfVw.webp?size=large)

## 5 comments

### S.R commented on 2024-05-29

The nubby green things look like baby pine cones.

### Mara commented on 2024-05-29

Awesome! Possibly a spruce. Those nubs are buds where new needles will form. The brown are still dormant and the other has swollen buds that will or have already popped open. Both trees look alive and well from the pictures.

#### Lamar Jackson replied on 2024-05-30

Beautiful thank you!

### Chelsea Shackelford commented on 2024-05-29

Looks like a spruce! Good work! That looks very happy now!

#### Lamar Jackson replied on 2024-05-30

Awesome thank you!

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