about 96% of the Christmas trees grown in North Carolina are Fraser firs. Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) is a needle-leaf, evergreen conifer named after Scotch botanist John Fraser. It is native to ...

along with native trees and shrubs. They will grow in shade to partial sun, and can tolerate dry soil — a plus in current drought conditions. Resistant to deer and rabbits, Christmas ferns are a ...

Little did Anderson County native Jimmy Byrge think when he wrote the book "The Evergreen Christmas Tree" in 2008 for a railway venture that it would become one of Amazon's "hot" new books this year ...