Canadian Hemlock or Weeping Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis (PINACEAE)
Planting and Growing Canadian Hemlock Trees
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow Canadian hemlock (weeping hemlock) trees in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, cones, and seeds of Canadian hemlock (weeping hemlock)
- Growing conditions for Canadian hemlock (weeping hemlock)
- When to plant Canadian hemlock (weeping hemlock)
- How to plant Canadian hemlock (weeping hemlock)
- How to prune Canadian hemlock (weeping hemlock)
- Watering, fertilizing, and care of Canadian hemlock (weeping hemlock)
- Landscape uses of Canadian hemlock (weeping hemlock)
- Pest and disease control for Canadian hemlock (weeping hemlock)
Growing Canadian Hemlock Trees
Many cultivars of medium-growing, upright, pyramid-shaped, dense, coniferous, evergreen trees, to 80 ft. (24 m) tall and often with multiple trunks, with shiny, flat, dark green needles, to 3/4 in. (19 mm) long, with white undersides, on graceful, nodding branchlets.
Canadian Hemlock Planting and Care Guide
Cones and Seeds
Female cones are tan and oblong, 3/4 in. (19 mm) long, with woody scales and winged seed.
Best Climates
U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 4–9. Best with cool, humid summers, winter chill.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained soil. Fertility: Rich–average. 5.5–6.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Full to filtered sun. Space 10–15 ft. (3–4.5 m) apart as specimens, 5–7 ft. (1.5–2.2 m) as sheared or hedge plantings.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep evenly moist. Drought susceptible. Fertilize annually until established. Prune new growth in spring to shape, shear. Protect from sun, wind in hot climates. Propagate by seed.
About This Species
Good choice for specimens, accents, backgrounds, hedges, screens in landscapes, lawns. Shallow rooted. Salt susceptible. Hemlock woolly aphid susceptible.