These are the green shoots of my Christmas tree which always sprouts these bright green spines at this time of year.
Colin gave me this tree back in 1999 in a pot to have in my flat. It was about just one foot high and my decorations weighed its branches down… when we got married and I moved to Teddington I brought it with me and planted it in the back garden. It took a while to flourish… it's now almost 20 feet tall!!
