Question
love the look of hemlock.  Need a small weeping tree that will set close to the foundation of home wanting to give only a 5 x 5 space.  Need to know the mature height, width and if ok in partial shade    Thank you.

Answer
Hello:

All these trees tolerate some shade.


weeping peach (height 10-12 feet,spread 6-8 feet)

weeping redbud (height 4-10 feet,spread 4-10 feet)

chaparral weeping mulberry (height 6-8 feet,spread 8-12 feet)

japanese maple (dwarf variety heights available from 10-20 feet,spreads from 8-20 feet)

pink weeping cherry (Prunus subhirtella var. pendula) (tolerates light shade,less flowers in shade. Height,10-12 feet,spread,10-12 feet)


Mark Harshman