Recommendations for lights to wrap around an outdoor plant

A few homes round me have put lights around their outdoor plants in their front gardens. Can anyone recommend a brand of light that looks good that i can wrap around an outdoor plant over Christmas. It needs to be something that doesnt need an electrician to come install it though

 

A year or so back I came across an electrician who used Christmas lights to keep his tree ferns frost free, but he did live in Leicestershire a fairly cold part of England.
Why be a sheep, just stick up a placard that says "Bah Humbug" and be done with it.

 

I think you can get sets of lights that work on batteries.
My experience of Christmas lights from years ago is that they only seem to work for a short time until something goes wrong with them.

 

Battery operated string lights designed for outdoors use are sold in most supermarkets. They can look very pretty in the dark nights.

I'd go for "warm white" but that's just a personal taste.

Even the cheapo ones often come with a simple timer so that once they are switched on at dusk they stay on for a certain number of hours and then auto- switch off and turn back on the next day at the same time. Very clever.

 

Would the modern LED ones be any good for that? I thought they didn't give off much heat.

 

Probably not, he had a supply of old lights that he'd repurposed. He also used trace heating tape as used to prevent water pipes from freezing.

 

If, for some reason, you feel you need Christmas lights in your garden you only have 3 nights to worry about ( 24/25/26 ) so why not just use a small torch planted in the ground and shining up thru the foliage ? Not only cheaper and less less light pollution but your plant will no doubt be grateful too.