Got a small space? Grow a tiny Christmas tree

From the garden
TINYTREE The Norfolk Island pine, popular during the holiday, makes a terrific houseplant. | iSTOCK
TINYTREE 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…