Plant a Tree With Tree-Growing Kit

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Capper’s Farmer Gift Guide for the 2013 Holiday Season

Create a living miniature forest with this tree-growing kit that includes everything needed to get started in the world of tree gardening. This makes a great gift for the person who is always looking for landscaping ideas.

Kit includes tree seeds, coir seedling pot, soil-less growing medium, terra cotta saucer, aluminum tag, hydrocarbon-free jute bag and directions
Choose between apple, which produces medium-sized, crisp and juicy fruit, or dawn redwood, which symbolizes surprises found in nature and is nicknamed the ‘discovery tree’

The Tree-Growing Kit is available from Red Envelope for $24.95.

Updated on Oct 25, 2013 | Originally Published on Jan 1, 1753

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