Hemlocks

The hoary trunks of the ashes are particularly fine in such situations; they are the lightest in coloring among our larger trees, as the shaft of the hemlocks is the darkest. ❋ Unknown (1887)

And, looking upward, there were the dark tops of the evergreen trees, such as hemlocks, pines, and spruces, starred and bespangled, as if wetted with a great rain of molten crystal. ❋ John Greenleaf Whittier (1849)

Emerald ash borer, the little bugs killing all the hemlocks in the Smokies, anything at Walmart ........ does anything good come from imports from the East?? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Dark morning sleet whitecrusts the world once more, shrouds remains of January thaw: butts, bits of Styrofoam cups, the black-hoofed leg bone of a deer, dragged home again and again and again by our dog; the same bone I heave into the hemlocks each time I go for wood. ❋ Ginnah Howard (2012)

For example, when hemlocks are completely infested with woolly adelgid, homeowners should get rid of the plant so they don't have to continually spray. ❋ Unknown (2010)

All submitted comments are subject to the rules set forth in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. deer bed in hemlocks after snow ❋ Unknown (2009)

But pines, spruces, hemlocks and most other evergreens tend to become giants over time, outgrowing their spaces. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Maple and oak sloughed silver leaves in the breeze and the tall hemlocks in the side yard swayed. ❋ Jeffery Deaver (2010)

Too much shade, growing into the hemlocks and sucking up all available moisture from the soil made them a very bad choice for this area. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jasper, gazing off into the dark and knitted hemlocks around them, whispered, The path was long, through the jungle. ❋ M. T. Andreson (2009)

This is more temperate country than the Clearwater region: The St. Joe is heavily forested in firs, spruces, hemlocks and cedars, and there's less open space in the woods. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The one by the hemlocks will be allowed to get larger, but I like them pruned a bit. ❋ Unknown (2009)

•Native vegetation on cooler and moister sites on sandstone, shale, or conglomerate is hemlock-mixed hardwood forest; hemlocks are very common in ravines and on steep, lower, north-facing slopes, but black birch, yellow birch, sugar maple, basswood, and a sparse understory also occur. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pines, hemlocks, and junipers are also well adapted to survive extended periods of dry conditions which they encounter each winter when the frozen soil prevents the uptake of water. ❋ Unknown (2009)