Tsuga canadensis

Question 1

common name

Answer 1

canada hemlock

Question 2

origin

Answer 2

Introduced into cultivation in 1736. The only hemlock native to Eastern Canada. Occurs in eastern North America, from Ontario and Nova Scotia to Indiana and Kentucky.

Question 3

hardiness

Answer 3

4b

Question 4

size

Answer 4

Height
13 -30 m
Spread
8 m

Question 5

form

Answer 5

Upright, weeping, conical, pyramidal habit. Tapered trunk in youth, pendulously pyramidal with age.

Question 6

growth rate

Answer 6

slow

Question 7

bark

Answer 7

Scaly in youth, becoming deeply grooved with dark brown, broad, flat-topped ridges. Outer bark is dull reddish purple, inner bark is bright reddish purple. The bark contains tannin, which at one time was a commercial source for tanning leather.

Question 8

cultural

Answer 8

Can make a remarkably handsome evergreen hedge. There is a very good example of this in the Arboretum at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington. Also suited to screening, groupings, as an accent plant, or used in a park or institutional setting.