Tsuga canadensis
EASTERN HEMLOCK
- Pyramidal growth habit when young
- Flat sprays of lacy short dark green needles
- Needles have two white bands underneath
HEIGHT: 18-21 m · SPREAD: 8-10 m
Tsuga canadensis 'Cole's Prostrata'
COLE'S PROSTRATE CANADIAN HEMLOCK
- Slow-growing prostrate habit
- Dark green foliage contrasts with older exposed silver-white bark
- Makes an interesting small specimen or ground cover
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Tsuga canadensis 'Gentsch White'
GENTSCH WHITE CANADIAN HEMLOCK
- Globose conifer that could be pruned conical
- Needles at the branch tips are silver-white
- Inner needles are dark green with two whitish bands underneath
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh'
JEDDELOH DWARF CANADIAN HEMLOCK
- Very slow-growing flat-topped mounding irregular habit
- Bright green short needles are held on small red-brown branchlets
- Ideal as a focal point
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Tsuga canadensis 'Jervis'
JERVIS DWARF CANADIAN HEMLOCK
- Dwarf, broadly pyramidal, wider than tall
- Dense clusters of short dark green gnarled needles
- Provides interesting texture and focal point
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Tsuga canadensis 'Kelsey's Weeping'
KELSEY'S WEEPING CANADIAN HEMLOCK
- Unique pendulous habit
- Spreading secondary branches form a support for the pendulous younger branches
- Produces a full layered structure
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Tsuga canadensis 'Moon Frost'
MOON FROST CANADIAN HEMLOCK
- Dwarf, broadly rounded form
- Soft feathery foliage with creamy-white variegation
- New growth emerges white, the older needles retain a hint of white
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula'
SARGENT'S WEEPING HEMLOCK
- Upright to mounding plant with weeping branches
- Short dark green needles have two white bands underneath
- Thimble-like light brown cones may appear on older plants
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Tsuga canadensis 'Summer Snow'
SUMMER SNOW CANADIAN HEMLOCK
- Ivory-white new foliage is striking against the mature dark green needles
- Best foliage colour is in full shade
- Upright pyramidal plant
HEIGHT: 400-450 cm · SPREAD: 250-300 cm