This season, the hunt for that perfect tree is becoming a bit more difficult. A dwindling number of growers and a severe shortage of conifers means tree prices are soaring and sellers are shifting tactics, with some companies abandoning online orders, or ending tree sales altogether. …Ikea announced it’s not selling trees at its Canadian stores this holiday season due to the shortage. Full-grown trees are difficult to source at a competitive price in part because heat events and drought killed seedling and adult trees in the Pacific Northwest. Canada had about 1,360 tree farms in 2021 compared to 2,381 in 2011, meaning approximately 1,000 farms have vanished in the past decade. Shirley Brennan, at the Canadian Christmas Trees Association says that’s because it takes 10 to 14 years for a newly planted tree to be ready to harvest, tree farmers don’t see a return on those first trees for more than a decade.