Tsuga Gallery

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	¤ Tsuga heterophylla - Shoot (lower side). Arboretum du Vallon de l'Aubonne, Canton de Vaud - Switzerland. - Shoot (upper side).
SHOOT : Reddish brown above, creamy-white beneath, ribbed; dense curly, long pale brown pubescence; second year dull brownish grey. LEAVES : In two sets, short nearly upright, 0.5 cm, above the shoot; long 1.5-1.8 cm x 0.2 cm, flat pectinate each side of the shoot; parallel-sided to a blunt apex, pale green when fresh, soon blackish-green; two broad blue-white bands beneath almost obscuring midrib; very narrow green margins. Source : The Cultivated Hemlocks by James C. Swartley.
¤ Tsuga heterophylla - Shoot and leaves (lower side - close-up). Arboretum du Vallon de l'Aubonne, Canton de Vaud - Switzerland.
¤ Tsuga canadensis - Shoot and leaves (lower side - close-up). Arboretum du Vallon de l'Aubonne, Canton de Vaud - Switzerland.
SHOOT : Pale brown or cream, with a dense curly, pale orange pubescence. Second year dark grey or grey-brown. LEAVES : Pectinate and slightly depressed beneath; above over the shoot and forwards, mid line leaves showing white undersides; froadest at base, tapering slightly to rounded tip. Underside with broad green margins, two white bands and a green midrib which a lens shows to be white centred with a narrow green line each side. Crushed foliage has a sweet lemony scent. Source : The Cultivated Hemlocks by James C. Swartley.
	¤ Tsuga canadensis - Shoot (lower side). Arboretum du Vallon de l'Aubonne, Canton de Vaud - Switzerland. - Shoot (upper side).
¤ Tsuga canadensis - Shoot and leaves (upper side - close-up). Arboretum du Vallon de l'Aubonne, Canton de Vaud - Switzerland.
	¤ Tsuga sieboldii - Shoot (lower side). Horticultural School of Geneva, Switzerland. - Shoot (upper side).
SHOOT : Shining, glabrous pale buff; pulvini orange-red; second year shoot dull brown. LEAVES : Irregularly spreading below shoot; of varied length and pectinate above, 0.7-2 cm long x 2 mm broad, less regularly arranged but often more dense than T. diversifolia, shining dark green and grooved above, rounded and notched at the apex; two broad white bands beneath, less bright than in T. diversifolia and sometimes pale. Source : The Cultivated Hemlocks by James C. Swartley.
¤ Tsuga sieboldii - Shoot and leaves (lower side - close-up). Horticultural School of Geneva, Switzerland.
¤ Tsuga sieboldii - Shoot and leaves with bud (lower side - close-up). Horticultural School of Geneva, Switzerland.
¤ Tsuga sieboldii (?) - Shoot and leaves (lower side - close-up). Arboretum du Vallon de l'Aubonne, Canton de Vaud - Switzerland.
¤ Tsuga sieboldii (?) - Shoot and leaves (upper side - close-up). Arboretum du Vallon de l'Aubonne, Canton de Vaud - Switzerland.
	¤ Tsuga diversifolia - Shoot (lower side). Botanical Garden of Geneva, Switzerland. - Shoot (upper side).
SHOOT : Orange beneath with fine erect pubescence visible with a lens; second year dull brown. LEAVES : Pectinate below, tips slightly curved down, very regular and closely set one side-shoots, oblong with broad rounded and notched tip, 1 x 0.2 cm, deep glossy green above; two broad bright white bands beneath with green midrib and margins clearly defined. Source : The Cultivated Hemlocks by James C. Swartley.
¤ Tsuga diversifolia - Shoot and leaves (lower side - close-up). Botanical Garden of Geneva, Switzerland.
¤ Tsuga diversifolia - Shoot with cone. Botanical Garden of Geneva, Switzerland.

Photos : © Arboretum de Villardebelle

September 2002