Canadian Hemlock

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Canadian Hemlock

They stand shearing and pruning well and are excellent as hedges. This stately tree is a very hardy specimen and is an easily transplanted conifer which grows well in a variety of soils. It has a graceful pyramidal form with foliage of spray-like appearance. This evergreen conifer is a fast-growing long-lived tree which unlike many trees grows well in shade. They are graceful and make great ornamental plantings. It may take 250 to 300 years to reach maturity and may live for 800 years or more. Shelter small plants from drying winds. The Canadian Hemlock tree, Tsuga canadensis, is also called Eastern Hemlock or Hemlock spruce. ... additional info

 

White Mulberry This deciduous trees has a deep-rooting habit which makes it a suitable tree for linear plantings. Mulberries thrive in full sun and dislike crowded conditions; they prefer deep soils and need good drainage; they are frost resistant. The White Mulberry tree, Morus Alba Tatarica, has many common names, such as, White mulberry, Russian mulberry, Silkworm mulberry, and Moral blanco. Mulberries thrive over a very wide range of warm temperate, sub-tropical and tropical conditions. The White Mulberry is an excellent and handsome shade tree and is often planted on field edges in irrigated, semi-arid lands where it is also valued for fruit, poles and timber. It is a widely grown fruit which can be eaten fresh, preserved, vinified or, in some semi-arid areas, dried for winter use.

Canadian Hemlock