Tsuga heterophylla
Western Hemlock
Description
This Tsuga is a tall, graceful, single-trunked tree with lateral branches and a drooping leader. Its foliage is a lustrous green color, with a soft, fern-like texture. Fast growing, good screen, can be sheared to hedge. The short, linear needles have unequal lengths and are set in the flat arrays of the twig. Underneath the leaves are broad, whitish bands. An abundance hanging cones is present on the tree, which mature in one year and fall, intact, to the ground.
Sun
Full, Half, Shade
Water
Medium, Extra in Summer
Growth Rate
Fast, Moderate
Soil Type
Sandy, Loam, Rocky
Soil Condition
Average, Moist
Soil pH
Acid
Adverse Factors
n/a
Give your sprinkler system a checkup when turning it on in the spring and occasionally during the summer.
Trim branches that are obstructing spray patterns and raise sprinklers that are too low for spray to clear the grass.