Everyone who has ever seen a hemlock in landscape gardening will never forget this spectacular and attractive tree.
Fluffy hanging branches with soft dark green needles and miniature cones seem to invite you to plunge into their thick shade and enjoy the coolness on a hot day.
In our country, varieties of Canadian hemlock are especially popular. It is undemanding to care, loves moist soil and shaded areas, and is also frost-resistant. Such qualities of a plant are just a godsend for landscape designers! The only negative is that the plant grows very slowly, although this feature of the ephedra comes in handy in some long-term landscaping projects.
Dwarf hemlock are great for decorating flower beds and misborders.
Creeping varieties hug rocky ground on alpine slides and rockeries.
Very effective hemlock “Gentch White”, young shoots of which have a delicate pinkish tint, and the crown of an adult plant is painted in emerald color with whitish needles at the ends of the branches.
For a small flower bed, located in the shade, the Jervis baby hemlock is suitable. The tree grows up to 35-50 cm, has a bluish shade of needles. Sometimes this variety of Canadian hemlock is planted in containers.
For decorating flower beds and borders, the “Jeddeloh” hemlock is well suited, which on occasion can withstand the harsh conditions of life, as long as there are no drafts.
The evergreen beauties of the hemlock love moist soil, so they will not refuse to live somewhere near the reservoir.
In our country, hemlock is not yet as common as we would like, but landscape designers are trying to fix this state of affairs, including this luxurious coniferous plant in garden compositions.