Botanical Name: Calocedrus decurrens Add
Common Name: Incense Cedar  
Plant photo of: Calocedrus decurrens
California Native Plant
  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree, Conifer

 

Height Range

25-40', 40-60', 60-100'

 

Flower Color

Green

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green, Blue Green, Dark Green

 

Bark Color

Brown, Red

 

Fruit Color

Brown, Orange, Yellow

 

Fruit Season

Summer, Fall

Information by: Carol Bollinger
Photographer: Normans/Sortomme
  • Description

  • Notes

The cedar is an attractive, stiff, narrow evergreen tree which has a columnar growing pattern and maintains a central leader. The foliage is comprised of scale needles, while the coarse bark has an attractive cinnamon red-brown coloring. The cedar retains its color in winter and under good cultiral conditons, will maintain its foliage to the ground. It serves as an effective screening evergreen, and contrasts well with Maples and other deciduous trees and flowering plants.