Christmas Tree Facts

• Christmas trees require seven to fourteen years to reach marketable size.

• Real Christmas trees, like other green plants, cycle carbon dioxide to oxygen

• All prairie Christmas trees are grown on family farms.

• Weed control can include mulches, cultivation, chemicals, mowing, or a combination of these.

• Real Christmas trees are biodegradable and will eventually decompose to provide essential organic matter.

• Fresh Christmas trees that are properly cared and cared for lose few needles and will not support a flame.

• Evergreen trees are beautiful and fragrant.