How do you pronounce arborvitae?
What does arborvitae mean?
Arborvitae was the first tree from North America to be introduced to Europe when French explorers brought the tree to Paris. In 1558, the tree appropriately received the name “arborvitae,” meaning “tree of life” in Latin. The oil from these trees is still used today for medicinal purposes.
Is arborvitae a tree or shrub?
Arborvitae are trees or shrubs, usually pyramidal in habit, with thin, scaling outer bark and fibrous inner bark, horizontal or ascending branches, and characteristically flattened, spraylike branchlet systems.
What causes arborvitae to die?
It could be too little water, drying winds, high temperatures, injury to the roots or damage to the trunk. According to the PNW Plant Disease Handbook, die-off of arborvitae from physical causes is quite common in the Pacific Northwest.