Canada Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis 'Lewis'
Pinaceae
Growth habit
Dwarf Shrub
Perennation
Perennial
Location
Cornell Class of 1938 Native Maple Slope
Source of plant
Mitsch Nursery Inc., Watnong Nursery
Description
A beautiful slow-growing, upright variant, forming a very irregular pyramid with rather stiff and rigid growth; branches thick, light brown, pubescent, somewhat sparse, but branchlets and leaves crowded. Leading shoots prominent, with erect, tightly appressed leaves. At 12 years a plant at Raraflora, Feasterville, PA was 27" high and 20" wide. This cultivar, selected by Mr. Clarence McKinley Lewis of Skylands, Sterlington, NY, was sent to Mr. Carl Starker of Aurora, OR, and was propagated by the Mitsch Nursery in Aurora, OR, who at first sent it out under the name 'Dwarf Upright'.
USDA Hardiness Zone
3
Special characteristics
growth habit, winter interest, dwarf conifer