Flowering TreesWeeping Alaska Cedar
Callitropsis nootkatensis 'Pendula'
Weeping Alaska Cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis 'Pendula') is a medium-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 4-7, that matures to about 20-35 ft x 8-12 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. It stands up well to deer, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 4-7
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 20-35 ft x 8-12 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Foliage
- Blue-green, Gray-green
- Tough against
- Deer
- Native to
- Pacific Northwest and Alaska
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Weeping Alaska Cedar is hardy to about -30°F (estimated from USDA zone 4), 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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