We've got a couple of hue lights inside the house and we're always wanting to expand the collection but they're so bloody expensive.
Seems like there's a few different options that I've seen online that'll work with Hue and Zigbee, but haven't done enough research to know what's best.
I have had several neighbours grow pest trees, I don't actually know what they are called or how to describe them. Normally a pale blotchy trunk, reasonably bright green leaves, with a jagged edge of the leaf. They drop seeds all over the neighbourhood and before you know it the neighbour has their tree in the powerlines.
Not strictly related to your story but it made me think of these horrible trees.