The Hemlock Bed was instilled in 20XX by Friends of Bush Gardens as part of improvement made to the Rose Garden. It was sited to block the view of Mission Street traffic from the gazebo. It contained the following plants:
- Rosa glauca
- Weeping Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis ‘Pendula’)
- Tree Peony (likely Peonia suffruticosa), Unknown cultivar
- Duetzia scabra ‘Pink Minor’
- Summersweet or Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia), ‘Ruby Spice’
- Dwarf Purpleleaf Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea ‘Bagatelle’)
- Deutzia crenata var. nakaiana ‘Nikko’
- Deutzia setchuenensis var. corymbiflora
- Snow queen Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea Quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’)
- Tree Peony (Paeonia delavayi)
- Tinkerbelle Lilac (Syringia ‘bailbelle’)
The bed will likely close in late 2018 or 2019 because existing plant material provided sufficient screening and the bed conflicted visually with the nearby climbing roses.