Now you can put your gifts under an Amazon Christmas tree

NEW YORK — Watchoutforthe 7-foot box on the doorstep. Amazon. com plans to sell and ship fresh, fullsize Christmas trees this year.

But a live tree is no paperback book. Amazon says the Christmas trees, including Douglas firs and Norfolk Island pines, will be bound and shipped without water in the usual sort of box. Amazon said they’ll be sent within 10 days of being cut down, possibly even sooner, and should survive the shipping just fine.

Amazon said its trees, wreaths and garlands will go on sale in November. Some will qualify for Prime free shipping, and the company will offer pre-orders so shoppers can choose a delivery date.

Last year Amazon sold trees shorter than 3 feet, and some other merchants sold bigger ones using its platform as a marketplace. But this is the first year the company is offering the larger trees itself.

“Given the popularity among customers, we increased the assortment,”thecompanysaid.

A 7-foot Fraser fir from a North Carolina farm will cost $115, according to an Amazon holiday preview book. Also listed are a $50 wreath and a $25 red-leafed plant with a decorative candy cane speared into the soil.

Will people buy a Christmas tree sight unseen? Tim O’connor, the executive director of the National Christmas Tree Association, said picking out a tree and hauling it back home is part of the fun for families. The association estimates that only about 1 to 2 percent of the 27 million real Christmas trees purchased last year were bought online, mostly from grower’s own sites. “It’s so small, it’s almost undetectable,” O’connor said.