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Article: Sprucing Up Christmas; With a Live Tree Suitable for Transplanting
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 10, 1987
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Are you having trouble deciding between a traditional blue spruce
that will be tossed into the garbage can two weeks after Christmas
and an artificial tree of uncanny perfection, complete with cones and
scent, that can be stored in the attic and reused a year from now?
Why not invest instead in a real live Christmas tree this year?
The tree may suffer some from standing in the dry, hot indoors. But
the odds are better than ever that, if treated properly, it will
bounce back when it is planted outside after the holidays and grow
and prosper happily ever after.
Buying a live Christmas tree takes a bit of planning. It is wise
to begin by calling a number of garden centers and checking out ...