• Trees ~ Calocedrus decurrens , California Incense Cedar ~ Dancing Oaks Nursery and Gardens ~ Retail Nursery ~ Mail Order Nursery
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Habit & Cultural Information

Mature size
typically ~50 feet tall in garden settings
Minimum temperature
-20° F
Light
Sun
Water
Intermittent
Habit
Evergreen, Tree

Notable Features

  • Deer Resistant
  • Drought Tolerant
  • Clay tolerant
  • Hedgerow

Calocedrus decurrens , California Incense Cedar

Calocedrus decurrens , California Incense Cedar

Size
At Nursery
$24.50 $19.60
Nursery only Available for purchase at Dancing Oaks Nursery. This plant is not available for online ordering or shipping.

2 ft+; at nursery only Out of stock

Incense cedars are aromatic with upward-curving branches - candelabra-like with age. It is native from Oregon to California, southwestern Nevada and northern Baja California. It's 100-150 feet tall in the wild and lives to 1000+ years (plant a big tree for the future); 50 feet tall is more usual in cultivation. Branchlets form fan-like sprays with scaled foliage. Reddish-brown, deeply-furrowed scaly bark is typical with age, and cones are often described as resembling duckbills when they open to release their seed. John Muir said, "no waving fern-frond in shady dell is more unreservedly beautiful in form and texture, or half so inspiring in color and spicy fragrance." Clearly, for the jaded Calocedrus decurrens needs to be reconsidered.

Mature size: typically ~50 feet tall in garden settings

Minimum temperature: -20° F
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Carefully packed for each plant

Once your order is ready, we bring the plants from our greenhouses into a holding area. Each plant is wrapped by hand and, when needed, staked to protect tender stems. Because our inventory is so diverse, we adjust the packing method for each plant based on its size, type, and stage of growth.

We reuse clean paper and plastic packing materials whenever practical. It is easier on the planet and helps keep shipping costs down for you, too.

Choose your Monday ship date

At checkout, choose from the available Monday ship dates. We ship with UPS from Monmouth, Oregon, and you will receive an email with tracking information when your shipment is prepared or enters the UPS system.

Arrival times vary by destination and weather, so we cannot guarantee a specific delivery date or time.

Packed by hand, plant by plant

See how we prepare mail-order plants for a safe journey from our nursery to your garden.