Western Hemlock 40/60cm (Cell)
Tsuga heterophylla
£13.79
The Western Hemlock – Tsuga heterophylla is a graceful evergreen with soft, feathery dark green needles. Its drooping branch tips and airy appearance make it perfect for creating natural woodland settings in gardens.
- ✓ Elegant evergreen conifer with graceful, drooping branches covered in soft, feathery dark green needles that create a stunning natural woodland appearance perfect for creating atmosphere in larger gardens
- ✓ Two-toned needles displaying dark green above and silvery beneath, offering beautiful movement and colour variation when caught in the breeze, providing year-round interest
- ✓ Excellent choice for creating sheltered areas in gardens, with branches that can be left to sweep the ground or lifted to allow beautiful underplanting with shade-loving woodland plants
- ✓ Creates natural shelter for garden birds and wildlife, while its soft, airy appearance prevents it from overwhelming the garden despite its mature size, making it perfect as a specimen tree
- ✓ Quality UK grown stock from Yarrow Gardens - DEFRA Registered Supplier
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The Western Hemlock is a graceful and stately evergreen tree that brings a soft, gentle presence to gardens. The flat, feathery sprays of dark green needles create a lovely flowing effect, with each branch tip having a characteristic drooping leader that adds to its charm. Unlike many large conifers, this tree has a light, airy feel that won’t overwhelm your garden.
The soft needles are arranged in two ranks, dark green above and silvery beneath, creating a subtle yet beautiful play of colour when the breeze catches the foliage. Small cones appear in spring, adding extra interest through summer. This tree provides a wonderful backdrop for woodland plants and creates natural shelter for garden birds.
Originally from North America’s Pacific coast, the Western Hemlock has found a happy home in British gardens since Victorian times. Its elegant form makes it an excellent choice for larger gardens, where it can be used to create sheltered areas or as a magnificent specimen tree. The lower branches can be left to sweep the ground, creating a natural look, or lifted to allow underplanting with shade-loving plants.
Western Hemlock grows best in moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soil. It’s happy in full sun or partial shade and appreciates some shelter from strong winds. Young trees need regular watering until established, but mature specimens are relatively drought tolerant. While it can handle pruning well, it rarely needs more than the occasional removal of dead or crossing branches. A mulch of leaf mould or pine needles around the base helps maintain soil moisture and acidity.
Ultimate height
Higher than 12 metres
Time to ultimate height
20–50 years
Ultimate spread
Wider than 8 metres
Season of Interest
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Sunlight
Partial Shade
Pot Size
Cell
Foliage
Evergreen
Foliage Colour
Green
Hardiness
-20°C to -15°C (H6)
When MatureWatering
Moderate
Preferred Soil Type
Any well drained soil
Our deep cell trays are a smart strategy for cultivating trees with strong and deep root systems. This leads to healthier and more resilient trees that are better prepared for transplantation and long-term growth in your garden.
Extended Planting Season
Cell grown trees offer a significantly broader planting window, allowing for planting almost year-round in certain conditions. This flexibility ensures easier scheduling and enhances tree establishment due to warmer soil and more favourable weather conditions, extending beyond the traditional planting season.
Robust Root System
The roots of cell grown trees are encased and safeguarded within compost, preventing the young fibrous roots from drying out or sustaining damage. This intact root system, with its uniform and manageable shape, facilitates straightforward planting.
Convenient Storage
These trees can be effortlessly stored outdoors before planting, eliminating the need for labour-intensive temporary planting (heeling in) or costly refrigerated storage.
Ease of Handling and Planting
The extended shelf life of cell grown trees means there’s no immediate urgency to plant. Their user-friendly root system increases the likelihood of successful planting. These characteristics make them ideal for planting by novices or volunteers.
High Survival Rate
The intact root system of cell grown trees significantly boosts their chances of successful establishment, virtually removing the need for expensive replanting (beating up).
Cost-Effectiveness
While the initial purchase price of cell grown trees may be slightly higher than bare-root stock for some species, the long-term savings achieved by reducing the need for replacing failed transplants than compensates for the initial minor cost difference.
No plastic waste
Trees are often supplied plastic pots that are difficult to recycle, especially the black pots. We rely on our customers to reuse these where possible, however these cell grown trees do not have plastic pots – saving any reuse & recycling concerns.
Delivery
Yarrow Gardens aim to have your order with you in fastest time possible and safest method of transport. Dependent on the parcel size and geographical destination in mind with will select the most suitable courier.
You are welcome to collect any times from our nursery in Euxton, Lancashire. Please contact us to arrange a suitable date and time.
With regret, we can no longer send items out to Northern Ireland. All live plants need a phytosanitary checks and DAERA must be notified. This process is simply too expensive at the moment.
Returns
In the rare instance that your item has been damaged during delivery or incorrectly shipped by us, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss the return and replacement of your item.
Once you have contacted us and we have confirmation that your parcel is on its way back to us we will be happy to issue a refund for the return postage.
| Delivery Class | Delivery Cost | |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | |
| Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £0.95 (Flat) | |
| Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | |
| Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £2.10 (Flat) | |
| Standard Items - Standard Courier (ParcelForce) | £7.95 (Flat) | |
| Standard Items - Standard Courier (Evri) | £4.49 (Flat) | |
| Medium Items - Standard Courier (ParcelForce) | £7.95 (Flat) | |
| Large Items (Heavy or +1.4m) - Pallet Courier | £90.00 (Flat) | |
| Large Items (Heavy or +1.4m) - Standard Courier (ParcelForce) | £24.95 (Flat) | |
| Pallet Courier - Pallet Courier | £90.00 (Flat) |
We are a small family business based in Euxton, West Lancashire. We specialise in the supply of trees, shrubs both bare root & cell grown. Much of our stock is grown directly on site from seed or cuttings. Other stock is all UK sourced where possible.
We adhere to industry leading biosecurity measures, this ensures that our nursery remains clean and disease free.
We are DEFRA registered and our nursery is regularly inspected to confirm compliance with all current plant and plant health regulations.
Our Plant Passport Registration Number is GB140010
You can view our Plant Healthy report here.
We are actively working towards the Grown in Britain certification along with the Plant Healthy certification.
Should you have any concern or question in respect of our plant health matters, please get in touch.
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