I agree with @Dovefromabove. 'Christmas trees' are a crop [vital up here as part of our economy] and are no different from any other crop that's grown - potatoes, raspberries, or barley.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Most real rootless xmas trees come wrapped in plastic netting now. If my (2nd hand) plastic tree is over 15 years old then I would bet it uses less plastic than 15 real trees would have. I've also been forced to look after a rooted tree this year and it's been a PITA. It's got a pot with root holes all around that I've had to earth up. Lots of nice fresh growth though.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
“Some years ago …. gave all her …. friends some tiny succulents in natty little silver pots. They are very pretty and I've been amazed that I haven't managed to kill them. This morning I realised that they are in fact plastic.”
My response was …
”… I suggest you tell her how well it’s doing, how huge it’s grown, how you’ve had to buy several bigger pots and that you’ve taken loads of cuttings that are all growing into amazing new plants … and ask why didn’t she tell you about the amazing perfume the flowers have? …” 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I don't have a problem with artificial christmas trees, flowers etc as long as they're kept and used for many years, not thrown out and replaced regularly. Given the numbers of them in shops there must be lots of people who do that. Surely there can't be that many new households that need all new stuff.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Saw them in my Lidl this morning. As I was looking a teenage boy came up and started prodding at them; I said "They're painted" and he smiled and said "oh, right" and wandered off again.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
“Some years ago …. gave all her …. friends some tiny succulents in natty little silver pots. They are very pretty and I've been amazed that I haven't managed to kill them. This morning I realised that they are in fact plastic.”
”… I suggest you tell her how well it’s doing, how huge it’s grown, how you’ve had to buy several bigger pots and that you’ve taken loads of cuttings that are all growing into amazing new plants … and ask why didn’t she tell you about the amazing perfume the flowers have? …”
😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.