Giant Sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Height60 to 100 ftSpread25 to 35 ftGrowthAbout 2 ft / yrZones6 to 8
Low maintenance1 / 5
Douglas fir in a city garden · Photo: Richard Avery, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo credits
- Douglas fir in a city garden. Photo by Richard Avery, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Douglas fir in a city park. Photo by Ladislav Luppa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Douglas fir cone on a branch. Photo by Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Douglas fir bark. Photo by Crusier, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Evergreen conifer
Douglas Fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
A dense, fast conifer, pyramidal when young and limbing itself up with age. Hard to control in a city lot.
- Max height
- 100 ft
- Typical height
- 70 to 100 ft
- Spread
- 20 to 30 ft
- Growth per year
- 2 ft or more
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Light
- Full sun
- Hardiness zones
- 4 to 8
- Native to
- Western North America, from British Columbia to Mexico
MaintenanceModerate
No pruning, but it drops cones, needles and the odd limb in wind storms. Have an arborist check trees near structures.
See it at scale
Douglas Fir, up to 100 ft tall and 30 ft wide
Compare with
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Height40 to 70 ftSpread20 to 40 ftGrowth1 to 2 ft / yrZones7 to 9
Low maintenance
Incense Cedar
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Height50 to 70 ftSpread10 to 15 ftGrowth1 to 2 ft / yrZones5 to 8
Low maintenance