Weeping Hemlock  This lovely beast is a Weeping Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), picked up during one of my shopping trips to Iseli Nursery for a client a few years back. It arrived in a 36” wooden crate, and was very carefully installed between the hot tub and the pool. Its finely textured leaves and dense growth habit make it a unique focal point for an intimate, enclosed garden setting. This tree needs protection from afternoon sun, and is best utilized in a sheltered location here in Georgia, Zone 7B.

Weeping Hemlock 

This lovely beast is a Weeping Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), picked up during one of my shopping trips to Iseli Nursery for a client a few years back. It arrived in a 36” wooden crate, and was very carefully installed between the hot tub and the pool. Its finely textured leaves and dense growth habit make it a unique focal point for an intimate, enclosed garden setting. This tree needs protection from afternoon sun, and is best utilized in a sheltered location here in Georgia, Zone 7B.

Picea omorika ‘Pendula Bruns’ (Weeping Blue Spruce) 

Talk about the perfect “vertical accent” for the garden….it would have to be this fine-textured conifer. ‘Pendula Bruns’ soars above its surroundings with artistic verve, and can hardly be overlooked as anything but extraordinary. It has a narrow upright growth habit with a strong central leader that points skyward, while its elegantly weeping branches flow downwards, surrounding the base of the tree like a ball gown. In spring, bright lime-green needles burst from the tips of the drooping branches, in stark contrast to the blue-green foliage. (This tree is from one of my landscape installations a couple of years ago, but like old friends, we visit often.) 

In honor of Georgia Arbor Day (February 15, 2013), I’m featuring one of my favorite conifers:  Picea orientalis ‘Skylands’ (Skylands Spruce)  

I’ve been using this tree in the southeast for many years, and it remains one of my favorites. I first used it in a subdivision entrance in Braselton, Georgia. It was one of a number of specimen conifers I selected at Iseli Nursery in Boring, Oregon when I went on a buying trip to purchase plants for the subdivision. The trees caused a sensation, to the point where two of the six we installed were stolen in the dead of night within a week. Fortunately we purchased several extras for the project so we were able to replace the stolen trees, but this time we anchored the trees with rebar - using two 6’ lengths, driven at cross angles through the root systems. That seemed to do the trick, and the trees were allowed to mature unmolested in the landscape. 

This Skylands Spruce is from a landscape located in Suwanee, Georgia, that I completed a couple of years ago. It is now loaded with cones, drooping from the branches like earrings on a golden gown.