LITTLE ROCK — In the winter we appreciate evergreen trees as they stand like sentinels in the winter landscape. One evergreen tree, the Canadian hemlock, breaks the mold of most evergreens by having a ...

The Canadian or Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is, in my opinion, an under-utilized landscape tree. Perhaps they are spurned as too common, or rejected because they get too big. But they have some ...

The fierce Nor'easter that knocked out power and flooded streets along the East Coast snapped a tree that may have been planted by George Washington on his Mount Vernon estate. The Facebook page for ...

I have a 20-year-old Canadian hemlock hedge at 5-feet tall. Many of the hemlocks in my neighborhood have woolly aphids on them. I just discovered a few of mine have a small outbreak on them. What ...

The weeping Canadian hemlock, one of the most beautiful conifers, is unfortunately often plagued by infestations of woolly adelgid. Luckily, Michael Gentile’s specimen has been immune. The Tsuga ...

What: Tsuga canadensis “Cole’s Prostrate” is a dwarf prostrate conifer that fits well into the smaller garden, in a rock or alpine garden, or especially to provide evergreen effect. This enduring ...

I have three 12-foot Canadian hemlocks growing side by side about 10 feet apart under some power lines and a huge transformer. I’d like to turn them into a privacy hedge. They say the best way to make ...

A rare phenomenon is growing alongside the Upper Ridge portion of the Heart of the Trails walking path in Port Franks. Most wouldn’t notice, but there is a cluster of mature Canadian hemlock trees ...

Our Southern forests are not what they used to be. Ask the U.S. Forest Service, which is using satellite imagery to track what they call the "gray ghosts" of our once majestic and deep-evergreen ...

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