Live Christmas trees grown at Overdale Nursery in KZN where Howard Cook’s father started growing them over 60 years ago.
Overdale Nursery
Howard Cook, a horticulturist whose family has been growing trees for decades at Overdale Nursery in KwaZulu-Natal, says various types of Christmas trees can be grown in South Africa, but the most common ones are the Cryptomeria, pine and the indigenous yellowwood.
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