Might be P. s. ‘Greg’.

tj

I thought Greg has real short needles , but I look anyway

I have one for you tj ,, Vlad has one hemlock in his yard ,, no pic yet ,,,but

ron

Maybe try the ACS web site, see if any of the strobus discussed in the encyclopedia there might be the same kind

that's where I will go to look up your suggestions

the more I look at my pics , the more I think it might be Horsford

it was discovered in the 60's , but I only became aware of it a few years ago

ron

No not 'Greg' - anual growth 1"

ron

could be 'Sea Urchin' ... tons of lookalikes out there. We probably don't need so many brutally similar cultivars.

It is hard to determine for certain based upon its appearance since when they get that old the growth rate and needle length are not as lush. Based upon the age I would think it is 'Horsford', especially since the other choices never became as widely available or were very rare when this was a young plant. 'Horsford' has been around and readily available for a long time.

Usually these dwarf forms get diseased and die before reaching this size unless they are regularly opened up by pruning and have the dead needles removed from inside the plant on a regular basis.

Thanks Uncle Bob . I thought the age of this plant , plus the the challenging light conditions caused less growth rate.

plus compare pics of my plant , which might be slower growth because young and not yet established in garden

ron