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Tsuga canadensis 'Cole's Prostrate'

 
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Tsuga canadensis 'Cole's Prostrate' - Cole's Prostrate Canadian hemlock
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Cole's Prostrate Canadian hemlock
Family: Pinaceae (pine family)
Synonym: Tsuga canadensis 'Cole'
Distribution: Species native to e. North America
Hardiness: USDA Zone 3
Life form: Evergreen tree
Comments: A slow, low-growing dwarf evergreen. Procumbent branches grow flat against the ground. It grows 3' wide in 20 years! Very good plant for rock or dwarf conifer garden. Can be staked upright then allowed to weep.
Links: American Conifer Society Database • Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder

Locations

  • 1: VCA: AU13 (AU13) • Accession: D1998-0099.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: VCA: AV14 (AV14) • Accession: D1998-0099.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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