Christmas tree growers in Atlantic Canada are monitoring the spread of a disease and looking for ways to combat it.

Fraser fir is a beloved type of Christmas tree that also offers privacy, beauty, and wildlife value to gardens. arlutz73 / Getty Images The Fraser fir tree (Abies fraseri) is a comparatively rare ...

It may be summer, but in the mountains of western North Carolina, it's already beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: North Carolina is a leading producer of Christmas trees, and the Cadillac of trees is their native Fraser fir. It is, though, an evergreen under siege.

The Fraser fir is arguably the most popular Christmas tree species. It’s chosen for its hardiness, which means it survives being cut and can be shipped across long distances.

Most can agree that a good Christmas tree is one that “sheds” very little. North Carolina State University researchers are studying Fraser fir Christmas trees to improve qualities such as ...

No holiday is complete without picking the best Christmas tree. Here's how to pick a long-lasting, live X-mas tree, whether you want fir, spruce, or pine, according to experts.

The White House Christmas tree this year was a Fraser fir from Ashe County. • Fraser firs comprise 90 percent of all Christmas trees grown in North Carolina — 58 million on 38,000 acres.

Nationwide Fraser fir Christmas tree shortage could continue for years. by LAUREN TALOTTA. Tue, December 4th 2018 at 3:16 PM. Updated Tue, December 4th 2018 at 3:16 PM.

The Fraser fir in the White House, and the ones sold at many Christmas tree lots, are often propagated with cuttings, or by using seeds on which not a lot of research has been done.

A 20-foot Fraser fir in Avery County was chosen to be the next White House Christmas tree. The selection Monday came weeks after Helene devastated much of western North Carolina. Channel 9′s ...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: North Carolina is a leading producer of Christmas trees, and the Cadillac of trees is their native Fraser fir. It is, though, an evergreen under siege.