Western Red Cedar
Thuja plicata
Height50 to 70 ftSpread15 to 25 ftGrowth1 to 2 ft / yrZones5 to 8
Low maintenance1 / 5
Incense cedar in a park · Photo: Yuriy Kvach, CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo credits
- Incense cedar in a park. Photo by Yuriy Kvach, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Incense cedar in Yosemite Valley. Photo by Victor R. Ruiz from Arinaga, Canary Islands, Spain, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Incense cedar foliage. Photo by Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Incense cedar bark. Photo by Gmihail at Serbian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Evergreen conifer
Incense Cedar
Calocedrus decurrens
A tall, naturally narrow column of rich green, aromatic foliage. Slow to start, then steady.
- Max height
- 70 ft
- Typical height
- 50 to 70 ft
- Spread
- 10 to 15 ft
- Growth per year
- 1 to 2 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Light
- Sun to part shade
- Hardiness zones
- 5 to 8
- Native to
- Oregon, California and Nevada
MaintenanceLow
Drought tolerant once established. Holds its shape with no shearing.
See it at scale
Incense Cedar, up to 70 ft tall and 15 ft wide
Compare with
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Leyland Cypress
Cupressus x leylandii
Height60 to 70 ftSpread15 to 25 ftGrowth3 to 4 ft / yrZones6 to 10
High maintenance
Deodar Cedar
Cedrus deodara
Height40 to 70 ftSpread20 to 40 ftGrowth1 to 2 ft / yrZones7 to 9
Low maintenance