| Description | Sargent's Weeping Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is a large shrub form of Canadian hemlock with spreading, layered branching, and pendant branch tips. Will not develop a central leader, rather branches will radiate from multiple trunks. |
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| Pronunciation | (tsuu-ga)(can-a-DEN-sis) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Coniferous, Dwarf Conifers |
| Hardiness Zone | 3 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade, probably best with some shade |
| Moisture | average to moist, doesn't tolerate drought |
| Soil & Site | average, to rich and moist, doesn't tolerate poorly drained |
| Fruit | small woody cones |
| Leaves | flat, green needles |
| Dimensions | after 10 years, a mature specimen will measure 10 feet (3 m) tall with a 20-foot (6 m) spread, an annual growth rate of 12 inches, mounding, arching or weeping |
| Maintenance | some pruning to maintain shape |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | This cultivar originated as one of four seedlings collected in the 1850s in the wild by General Joseph Howland of Matteawan, New York, USA. Another origin tale is John Burrow, and Henry Winthrop Sargent received branch layers from Joseph Howland, and this was the origin of the plant. S. B. Parsons & Sons first offered the weeping hemlock in their autumn 1877 wholesale catalog. |
| Notes & Reference | #202-American Conifer Society (www.conifersociety.org), #257-The cultivated Hemlocks (John C Swartely), Closing the Book on Sargent’s Weeping Hemlock (Peter Del Tredici) (arboretum.harvard.edu/stories/closing-the-book-on-sargents-weeping-hemlock/) |
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