Calocedrus decurrens 'Columnaris'
Columnar California Incensecedar

Previously known as:  Libocedrus decurrens 'Columnaris'
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Lustrous, dark green flattened sprays of evergreen foliage)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Small cones)
 Ultimate Height:
30-50 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
8-10 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, well-drained soils, but is quite adaptable to soil type, even tolerating poor soils
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
The small, glandular leaves are scale-like, arranged in whorls of 4, on branches of vertically-held, flattened sprays. The foliage is aromatic when crushed, smelling similar to incense. The small (0.75-1" long) cones are flattened and reminiscent of a duck's bill when they open to release seed. Mature bark is cinnamon-red, fibrous, furrowed, and scaly.

Additional Information

The Columnar California Incensecedar is a large, handsome plant, excellent for formal plantings. This cultivar is very narrow-columnar in habit, retaining this form well into maturity. Quite adaptable to different types of soils, this plant is also drought and heat tolerant once established.

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