NAME: Incense Cedar OTHER COMMON NAMES: Scented cedar SCIENTIFIC NAME: Calocedrus decurrens COLOR: Green/Yellow PLANT SEEDS: Outdoor after danger of Frost ZONE: 6-8 PLANT HEIGHT: Max. 30-70' LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Full Sun to P. Shade SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Normal QUANTITY: 20 Seeds OTHER: Incense cedar is an evergreen tree with a skinny, columnar shape in youth, becoming only a little more rounded at maturity. In its native habitat it can get as large as 150 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 6 feet. In these very large trees, the long straight trunk is swollen and buttressed at the base and usually free of branches for half its length. Most trees in cultivation are pencil-shaped, 30-50 feet tall and 8-10 feet wide. The bark is light reddish brown and scaly; in large trees it is fibrous with deep furrows.