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Hemlock
Tsuga

Hemlocks are elegant looking evergreen conifers that do best in cool-temperature areas. They range from tall trees to small shrubs good for hedginges and rock gardens. The branches droop gracefully and the conifers are conical to pyramidal in habit. Hemlocks are really considered trees, but many of the cultivars lend themselves to shrub uses.

Hemlocks are a good choice for a slightly shady area and thrive in acidic, deep, well-drained soil that contains a lot of organic matter. They do best in a protected area and don't transplant well.

Hemlock woolly adelgid is the Hemlocks primary pest. If you avoid heavy feeding with nitrogen fetilizes, the Hemlock will be less susceptible to the Hemlock woolly adelgid. Hemlocks can be pruned severely for formal hedges and as mentioned previously some of the small cultivars can be used in rock gardes, as ground covers, as accents, or in a shrub border.

If you prune the new shoots early in the growing season, you will be able to control the size and still maintain its beautiful natural shape.

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