Canada Hemlock

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Perennial

Location

Conifer Slope

Source of plant

Watnong Nursery

Description

Geneva' makes a beautiful specimen tree or screen. As a young plant it makes an upright, open shrub with very thick, strong, ascending main branches and short laterals in flat sprays. The leaves are variable in length, 5-12 mm, very broad, flat, variable in shape from lanceolate to oval, with rounded tips. Thebranchlets are thick, mid-brown, and the buds also mid-brown, are large and conspicuous. Grafted plants of `Geneva' are usually narrow for their height, although a specimen at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA is an exception.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

growth habit, winter interest, intermediate conifer