Dec 22, 2007 1:09 pm US/Eastern
Dwarf Christmas Trees Gain Popularity
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) ―
Potted dwarf Christmas trees are gaining in popularity.
They range from 18 to 54 inches tall and sell from $14.99
to $80.
Customers like them because they're a lot smaller and
easier to handle.
Dwarf pines, cypresses and spruces grown in pots for the
holiday are certainly smaller and lighter than live trees whose roots are balled
and covered with burlap.
Owners are supposed to plant them outside after Christmas,
but often they get tossed.
But even if they're planted, they're not sure to thrive.
People can do a poor job of taking care of them. The trees also might not take
to the climate.
Ricky Bates, associate professor of horticulture at Pennsylvania
State University,
says a lot of the potted Christmas trees are grown in places like Denmark
and the Netherlands.
So they won't survive in
your climate no matter what you do.
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