Tsuga canadensis

Tsuga canadensis
Tsuga canadensis 
eastern hemlock
SIZE/TYPE tall tree
USUAL HEIGHT 12-25m
USUAL WIDTH 6-8m
LEAVES evergreen conifer
COLOUR OF LEAVES green
FLOWERS insignificant or non-blooming
LOCATION full to partial sun
USDA zone (lowest) 4   (down to -34°C)
WINTER PROTECTION  
FOR ZONE 5+6 Code of winter protection zone 5+6
FOR ZONE 7 Code of winter protection zone 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES Conifers
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Eastern hemlock is a native plant of North America, precisely eastern parts of Canada. It is a beautiful, slow growing conifer of picturesque habit so similar to Himalayan cedars. It has short, soft, medium green needles, and although the branches of the main framework grow strictly upright the ends are always pendent like a green veil. Its mature size varies significantly and is fully dependent on the root space – in smaller gardens where it has to compete with roots of other plants it will stay much smaller compared to specimen trees planted in large parks where its roots can spread almost indefinitely.

Eastern hemlock is a hardy and maintenance-free plant. Still, it has a certain liking we should obey in order to have a beautiful plant. It hates drought, heat, and wind. Especially in arboretums you can see it placed among larger trees which offer some shade from the hottest sun and provide a sort of a microclimate not allowing drying winds to play its tender foliage.

The soil has to be of low pH (acid) as it won’t grow in chalky ground (danger of chlorosis = yellowing of leaves and consequent root rot). Having said that we should also admit that eastern hemlock trees have some adaptability to calcareous soil if you help newly growing roots with a good layer of fresh peat above the ground. Pruning is not needed but can be done any time from late winter until midsummer, preferably in early spring. Fully hardy to about -34°C (USDA zone 4).

Last update 22-10-2014
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GLOSSARY
  • STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
  • DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
  • EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
  • STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
  • HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
  • SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
  • HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
  • FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
  • GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
LARGE PLANTS over 150 cmspecimens, screening and hedging shrubs

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