Ah, it's good to find a use for an unwanted invasive!
Water is not really something we are generally short of, in Wales, and I can't think of any alien invasive plants that would be suitable for decoration really.
Ideally, I would like to be able to buy either holly or Scots Pine: both are native here, and scots pine has a lovely scent (holly also has a scent, but not quite such a christmassy one). But neither are much grown here as christmas trees, it's mostly either norway spruce (which does have a nice scent, but loses its needles quickly when cut) or Nordmann fir.
I might be able to get a Fraser fir or a Noble fir if I look hard. ISTR that Fraser fir is quite nice to carve.
They are farmed like any vegetable, so it's not really very different to buying a cabbage. Less pesticide than cabbage, probably, though a few more years to grow.
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Date: 2025-01-11 10:13 am (UTC)Water is not really something we are generally short of, in Wales, and I can't think of any alien invasive plants that would be suitable for decoration really.
Ideally, I would like to be able to buy either holly or Scots Pine: both are native here, and scots pine has a lovely scent (holly also has a scent, but not quite such a christmassy one). But neither are much grown here as christmas trees, it's mostly either norway spruce (which does have a nice scent, but loses its needles quickly when cut) or Nordmann fir.
I might be able to get a Fraser fir or a Noble fir if I look hard. ISTR that Fraser fir is quite nice to carve.
They are farmed like any vegetable, so it's not really very different to buying a cabbage. Less pesticide than cabbage, probably, though a few more years to grow.