A natural tree can be
displayed both indoors and out,
allowing flexibility
of decoration during a typical lifespan of four to five weeks.
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UK Christmas trees are
grown in Wales and Scotland with some imports coming from Norway,
and other Northern European Countries. Eighty percent of artificial
trees are made in China.
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Real Trees are a
renewable, recyclable resource. Artificial Trees contain
non-biodegradable plastics which can take hundreds of years to break
down in the environment.
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It can take as many as
15 years to grow a tree of average retail sale height (6 - 7 feet)
or as few as 4 years. The average growing time is about 7 years.