Nothing beats the charm of a beautifully realistic Christmas tree when it comes to creating a festive atmosphere. Balsam Hill is renowned for its lifelike artificial trees, designed to capture the natural beauty and elegance of the season. We take inspiration from popular holiday trees found in nature to craft the most realistic artificial Christmas trees in amazing detail. This guide will help you learn more about our most realistic Christmas trees.
What Should I Look For in an Artificial Christmas Tree?
The best quality Christmas trees closely resemble the distinguishing features of fir, spruce, or pine trees found in forests or tree farms. Unlike generic faux trees, the best artificial Christmas trees mimic the shapes, colours, and textures unique to their counterpart species.
Which Is the Best Balsam Hill Tree?
Our most realistic-looking Balsam Hill Christmas trees are the best. With our exclusive True Needle technology, we can help replicate the branch design, colour variations, and overall feel of real evergreens found in nature.
Find out more about our five most realistic artificial Christmas trees below.
Most Realistic Trees
5. Balsam Hill Red Spruce Slim Christmas Tree
Balsam Hill’s Red Spruce Slim is designed after Nova Scotia’s Picea rubens species. It features unique reddish-brown branches with light green needles and long, pronged outer tips that look just like the real thing. The tree’s slender, conical shape and layered branch structure are suitable for decorating tight spaces.
4. Balsam Hill BH Blue Spruce Flip Tree®
The BH Blue Spruce Flip Tree pays tribute to the iconic beauty of the Picea pungens, which is native to North America. From its full shape to its upswept branches and dense, tapered blue-green needles, this tree was designed to be a lifelike replica of its real counterpart. It features our exclusive Flip Tree technology, providing enhanced convenience from setup to storage. You simply roll it into place, flip it, and attach the treetop for effortless assembly.
3. Balsam Hill Vermont White Spruce® Christmas Tree
Inspired by the Picea glauca native to New England and Canada, the graceful Vermont White Spruce tree ranks among the finest Balsam Hill Christmas trees. It boasts a full silhouette with upward-sloping branches ideal for ornaments and trim. Its branches display the intricate colouring and form of the real tree, featuring dark brown stems and long, lush needle tips in a natural grass green shade.
2. Balsam Hill BH Balsam Fir® Christmas Tree
Our namesake tree, the BH Balsam Fir, is modelled after the Abies balsamea found throughout the Appalachian Mountain range along North America’s eastern coast. It features the teardrop shape, upward-sloping branches, and semi-flat light green needles of the real tree in lifelike detail.
1. Balsam Hill BH Fraser Fir® Christmas Tree
The BH Fraser Fir is our most real-looking Christmas tree, making it one of the best Balsam Hill trees to date. We used actual Abies fraseri branch clippings to create 40 different tip variations, the most we’ve ever done for any of our trees. From the tree’s natural-looking branches to the five-split forked tips, the rich green foliage with silver undersides, and the long, organic treetop branches, we’ve paid attention to every detail to bring you the look and feel of real farm-grown Fraser firs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here we answer popular questions about realistic artificial Christmas trees.
What Is Balsam Hill’s Most Realistic Tree?
Balsam Hill’s most realistic tree is the BH Fraser Fir, designed with True Needle™ technology for a lifelike appearance and texture. Its colour variations, needle detail, and natural branch structure closely mimic a real Fraser Fir, making it a top choice for authenticity. Another solid choice is their namesake Balsam Fir, which features a lifelike teardrop shape and upward-sloping branches.
Who Makes the Most Realistic-Looking Artificial Christmas Tree?
Balsam Hill is widely recognized for making the best-looking artificial Christmas trees. Many of their trees are crafted using True Needle™ technology, which helps replicate real evergreen needle colour, texture, and structure. This attention to detail, combined with the use of various branch tips and quality materials, gives their trees a highly realistic appearance.
How To Make Your Artificial Christmas Tree Look Real?
Get the best quality artificial tree within budget. Then, shape and fluff the branches to give the tree a more lifelike and natural appearance. You can also decorate your tree with materials like pinecones and berries to give it a more authentic look.
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