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PINE TREES Hayden Davis, greenhouse nursery manager at Stock and Petal, inspects a group of Eldarica pine trees. LPR photo
RED Stock and Petal greenhouse nursery manager Hayden Davis is in the shop’s greenhouse to look through an abundance of poinsettias, a traditional decorative plant, that comes out every Christmas. LPR photo

It was a comment from a customer that changed everything at Stock and Petal, the local flower shop at 502 N 4th St.The business already stocked live Eldarica pine trees, also referred to as Afghan pine trees, year round since they are used as breaker trees, protecting farm houses against the onslaught of West Texas’ high winds.But it was a customer two years ago who asked a simple question: “Why wasn’t the flower shop selling the popular trees as Christmas trees?” That’s when the shop’s owners started advertising them as live Christmas trees. There’s a marquee outside notifying customers about ...

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