Canadian Hemlock

It has a graceful pyramidal form with foliage of spray-like appearance. Shelter small plants from drying winds. It may take 250 to 300 years to reach maturity and may live for 800 years or more. They are graceful and make great ornamental plantings. They stand shearing and pruning well and are excellent as hedges. This evergreen conifer is a fast-growing long-lived tree which unlike many trees grows well in shade. The Canadian Hemlock tree, Tsuga canadensis, is also called Eastern Hemlock or Hemlock spruce. This stately tree is a very hardy specimen and is an easily transplanted conifer which grows well in a variety of soils. ... get more information