The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Heykoop Canadian hemlock

Family: Pinaceae (pine family)

Distribution: Species native to e. North America

Hardiness: USDA Zone 3

Life form: Evergreen tree

Comments: A symmetrical-growing needled evergreen with a dense, upright habit and tufted needles. It grows slowly. Selected from a mutation called a witches'-broom. The short needles are of a bright medium green all year and display striking white stomatic bands on the undersides. Nice specimen, accent or foundation plant or it can also be used in the shrub border.