Scientific name: Calocedrus decurrens
Common name: California incense cedar
Family name: Cupressaceae
Useful cultivars and selections:
USDA hardiness zone: 7
Mature height and spread: 22-30m tall, 7-10m wide
Form: upright, columnar
Water use: moderate
Soil requirements: well-drained
Leaf arrangement: Scale-like. Opposite.
Fall colour: none
Flower/cone/fruit description: red, brown cone. Monecious (male and female on both plant). Yellow male cones on tips of branchlets.
Limitations: none
Suitable uses: background plant. Great tree, good texture and colour. Hardy, tough, drought tolerant.
Quick ID: Conifer. Evergreen. Unique smell (spicy incense). Scale-like leaves, opposite. Very decurrant (more than other scale-like conifers). Very flat branches. Flexible branches.