species
Thuja plicata
Western red cedar
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Thuja plicata belongs to the family Cupressaceae, also known as Western red cedar, introduced to the UK. It reaches 25 m tall and 8 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on loam or clay soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 25 m tall × 8 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- In the UK
- Introduced
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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