Best Ways to Recycle Your Christmas Trees After the Holidays
Once the holidays are over, you may start wondering what you should be doing with your live Christmas tree. While it may seem like a huge task, recycling your tree is fairly easy and...
Taking Care of Your Evergreen Christmas Tree in a Warm Climate
Having a beautiful, live evergreen Christmas tree is a wonderful part of the holiday season. However, not everyone lives in a climate where that kind of tree thrives. How should...
Big Lonely Doug: Canada’s 2nd Largest Douglas-Fir
If you ever take a trip up to British Columbia, you have to stop and see Big Lonely Doug.
This is Canada’s second largest douglas-fir, and it is a massive tree that looks almost unnatural...
San Francisco Landmark Tree: Sambucus Mexicana
a.k.a Mexican or Blue Elderberry
Location: Bernal Heights Natural Area
Sambucus mexicana is a subspecies of the very well-known Sambucus nigra, commonly known as Elder or Elderberry, from the...
Hippophae Rhamnoides
A.K.A Common Sea Buckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides belongs to a family of flowering plants called Elaeagnaceae. It is described as a thorny shrub found in cold-temperate regions of Europe and Asia, and it can grow up to 2...
A Beginner’s Guide to Bonsai Trees
For those of you who love trees, but simply don’t have the space for them in your yard, have you ever considered bonsai trees?
Bonsai trees, for those of you who don’t know, are small trees that are kept in...
Robinia Pseudoacacia
Robinia pseudoacacia (AKA black locust) is a tree native to Eastern North America belonging to the extensive pea family, Fabaceae.
It has long, oval pinnate leaflets with small spines at the base. It has fragrant...
A Guide to Respecting Trees in National Parks
Visiting the nation’s national parks is a fantastic way for you to spend your summer. However, you should definitely make sure to do it right.
There are a lot of rules and regulations to consider...
Summer is here, and as everyone gathers to celebrate America’s 241st Birthday, Arborist Now is taking this time to publish a short article about The Liberty Tree and the role it...
People love superlatives.
We want to know which car is fastest, which athlete is strongest or which CEO is the richest, even though the results have very little bearing on our lives. And of course, who can forget the superlatives section...