With popular species of Christmas trees such as Virginia pine, eldarica (or Afghan) pine, Leyland Cyprus and Arizona Cyprus trees being growable in Texas, the state is peppered more than
This summer s drought has increased the cost of the average Christmas tree to nearly $100. Farms across the US report lost tens of thousands of trees due to abnormally low rainfall.
Susan Sheldon / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) With the traditional start of Christmas tree shopping about one week away, growers and retailers are telling customers to ready themselves for higher prices this year. Tim O'Connor, the executive director of the National Christmas Tree Association, which supplies the Christmas tree to the White House and the vice president's residence every year and represents 38 state and regional Christmas tree grower associations, said anyone interested in fresh trees should head out to the farm lot sooner than later. "If you want to shop the Christmas tree farm, you really have to go early," O'Connor told ABC News' Good Morning America. "They're popular and they will sell out. They have whatever trees they have available for that season and then they're done. And they have been selling out every year early." The American Christmas Tree Association, whose members are Christmas tree manufacturers and reta