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Sargent Weeping Hemlock Leaf Sargent Weeping Hemlock Fruit
Leaf Characteristics
  • flattened leaves (needles)
  • needles wide, with 2 white lilnes beneath
Fruit Characteristics
  • cone or cone-like
  • cone less than 1 inch long
  • oblong cone
  • 0.5 - 0.8 inches long

Sargent Weeping Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis var. 'Sargentii'

Drooping branches give the Sargent Weeping Hemlock part of its common name. Typically, this bushy tree is broader, as much as two or three times, than it is tall. When freestanding with its lower branches touching the ground the aspect of this tree is more like that of a circular mound of evergreen boughs than that of an erect tree. This variety of the Eastern Hemlock tree was found originally before 1870, growing naturally in New York State. Since the early 1900s it has been available commercially. Today, this tree is commonly available and is planted as an ornamental.

Sargent Weeping Hemlock Tree
Tree Size
     height   10' - 15'
     width 20' - 30'

Sargent Weeping Hemlock Bark
Bark

Sargent Weeping Hemlock Flower
Flower
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