Flowering TreesIncense Cedar
Calocedrus decurrens
Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) is a medium-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 5-8, that matures to about 40-60 ft x 8-12 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with low water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. It attracts birds, stands up well to drought and deer.
- USDA zones
- 5-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 40-60 ft x 8-12 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Foliage
- Green
- Attracts
- Birds
- Tough against
- Drought, Deer
- Native to
- Western US and Sierra Nevada
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Incense Cedar is hardy to about -20°F (estimated from USDA zone 5), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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