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I used to do just that, tom, although it was not really by intention. The late Mrs priscus always wanted a huge tree: I often had to cut a foot or so off the base for them to fit in the room.

I used to hate the waste, and the hassle of disposal after the event, so switched to buying rooted trees. Read that they don't stand up to being brought in every year, but OK if you have two, and alternate, bring each in once every two years.

Worked, just about, first time round, but two years growing in the garden, and the once twelve-feet high tree was now more than TWENTY feet tall! No way they were ever going to be brought indoors again!

In retrospect, I should have root-pruned them, a la bonzei.