PlantFiles: Incense-Cedar
Calocedrus decurrens

I planted a 3.5' tall specimen last summer. It is a very nice texture and color. I saw some really nice ones at the Spring Grove Cemetary in Cincinnati, Ohio a few years ago. It isnt very well known in the midwest and therefore not planted here. California Incense Cedar has very attractive bark to offset the foliage. It handled our winter lows of -8F over the winter with light browning on the lower branches. I assume this is typical since many evergreens shed old leaves as new growth begins It seems to be a late starter in the spring for Growth as it is the last thing to start growing in the yard out of many different woody plants. This evergreen should be considered more often here.

Calocedrus decurrens INCENSE CEDAR EG (z5) (WNa,Fra,Bon)
"No waving fern-frond...is more beautiful in form & texture, or half so inspiring in color & spicey fragrance"(J.Muir) as the bri-grn sprays of this majestic pyramidal tree with its reddish, deeply-furrowed bark. S/M-D

Slow growing tree to 150 feet . Native to the mountains of Oregon and California south to Baja . A beautifully shaped tree it is very desirable as a landscape tree and is used often here in Southern Oregon .

A tall growing tree from Western North America.

Has scale like, deep green, glossy leaves. Bears yellow to bronzy female cones that ripen to a deep reddish brown.

Loves well drained soil in sun or light shade.