Got a small space? Grow a tiny Christmas tree

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  • Got a small space? Grow a tiny Christmas tree
    Got a small space? Grow a tiny Christmas tree
  • TINY TREE The Norfolk Island pine, popular during the holiday, makes a terrific houseplant. | iSTOCK
    TINY TREE The Norfolk Island pine, popular during the holiday, makes a terrific houseplant. | iSTOCK

    CUISINE & CULTURE

    Gardeners wanting a live Christmas tree but have little space for a fresh cut tree the Norfolk Island Pine can substitute as a sweet, tiny Christmas tree. Norfolk Island pines (Araucaria heterophylla) are subtropical landscape plants native to Norfolk Island in the South Pacific east of Australia. They make terrific houseplants.

    Norfolk Island pines are conifers but are not act…