With a little initial care, these low-maintenance trees will give you years of healthy growth. Find the perfect plant-themed gifts for everyone on your list this holiday season – from stunning plants ...

What would Christmas be without a Christmas tree? That's right - not a real celebration. Sustainability and wood prices are also having an impact on the trends for Christmas trees this year.

Winter is full of seasonal delights, but we don’t normally associate this time with vibrant flowers. Most plant species flower in the spring and summer, before lying dormant during the coldest ...

Below, we’ve rounded up 21 Christmas flowers and plants to add to your home during the holiday season. Poinsettias Perhaps the most iconic of all Christmas flowers, poinsettias are a harbinger ...

Garden: Choosing and caring for real Christmas trees. Plant lovers with pets or young children can still enjoy the colors, textures and fragrance of these holiday plants if they are located out of ...

Of course, O'Connor's organization represents Christmas tree farmers. Here's what studies and environmentalists say. The studies. The most recent U.S. analysis of the issue is from 2018, when a ...

Tim O’Connor, executive director of the National Christmas Tree Association, on one hand, pitched that real trees are a “no-brainer” that “are far superior for the environment.” ...

Christmas tree farms across the country cover 266,964 acres of land, according to the most-recent USDA data. ... when decreased demand led growers to plant fewer trees, ...

People around the world instantly recognize a decorated fir tree as a symbol of Christmas. But, as it turns out, historical evidence to explain when, and where, people started using trees to ...

Maple syrup is boiled sap from maple trees – mostly from the sugar maple species, Acer saccharum. Then there’s palm sugar, which is derived from various types of palm trees in the family Arecaceae.

Conifers, the cone-bearing and mostly evergreen plant species often marketed as Christmas trees for their classic looks, need to adjust to near-freezing temperatures for several weeks to enter ...

The Christmas tree became popular thanks to an 1848 etching of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert decorating an evergreen tree with candles and ornaments.