Cole's Prostrate Canadian Hemlock            tsoo-GA ka-na-DEN-sis

• Conifer, evergreen dwarf shrub, prostrate, spreading habit, slow growing, up to 1 ft high and 3 ft wide (0.3 × 0.9 m), dark green needles contrast with the silvery bark of the main horizontal branches.   Considered an excellent rock garden plant.
• Partial shade.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4      The original plant was collected by H. R. Cole in 1929 at bottom of Mt. Madison in New Hampshire (Swartley, 1984).
• Silverton, Oregon: The Oregon Garden - Conifer Garden