Tsuga canadensis "Gentsch White"

🌿 General Description

• Type: Evergreen Conifer
• Base Species: Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
• Habit: Pyramidal, dense, elegant
• Foliage: Dark green with creamy white new growth

👉 This is a high-end ornamental version of a native conifer.

📏 Height and Width

• Height: 2 to 3 m (6 to 10 feet) in the long term (may vary depending on pruning)
• Width: 1.5 to 2 m

👉 Slow growth → easy to control

🌱 Growth

• Rate: Slow
  👉 Advantage: maintains its shape for a long time without intensive maintenance

☀️ Exposure

• Partial shade ideal
• Tolerates fairly dense shade
• Sun possible but avoid intense dry heat

👉 This is one of the rare conifers that truly loves shade.

🌱 Soil

• Cool, moist but well-drained
• Rich in organic matter
• Forest soil ideal

👉 Hates:

• drought
• dry compacted soils

❄️ Hardiness

• Zone 3 to 6
  👉 Very well suited to Quebec

💧 Maintenance

• Very low maintenance
• No pruning necessary (except for shaping)
• Watering is important during the first few years

🛡️ Resistance

• Good cold hardiness
• Sensitive to:
  • drought
  • road salt
• Generally stable in natural or protected residential environments