61.Canandian Hemlock
Wofford Arboretum South Campus
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Tree Details
Hardiness zone: 3 – 8, but has difficulties in 7 – 8
Height: 40 – 70 with a maximum of 100
Spread: 25 – 35
Habit: In youth: pyramidal; At maturity: pendulously pyramidal
Light: Best in shade or partial shade
Soil: Moist, well-drained, acidic soil preferable; Cones: male nearly spherical, in short stocks in axils of last year’s leaves
Flowers:
Male nearly spherical, in short stocks in axils of last year's leaves
Fruit: slender cones, 1 1/2 – 1” long by 1/2” wide; brown at maturity
Landscape use: Graceful as evergreen hedge; excellent for screening, groupings, and foundation plantings, great for natural plantings
History: Native range is Nova Scotia to Minnesota, south along the mountains to Alabama and Georgia; introduced around 1736
Pests\Problems:
Hemlock borer, hemlock scale, spider mites, hemlock rust caused by a mite, bagworm, gypsy moth
Significant Features: Ornamental cones and graceful habit