The Western redcedar is a large conifer, normally growing to 60 m tall. With a buttressed base and a rapidly tapering bole, the tree can grow to 8 m in width. It is an imposing evergreen if given proper space. Leaves are shiny yellow green, 1 – 2 mm long, scale-like. Its foliage is long, drooping and fern-like. It has has cones, which are oblong, 12-18 mm long, tips of which usually have 4 scales rounded with a very small prickle. Its bark is thin, reddish brown, shiny when young forms narrow flat ridges when older. Western redcedar grows all along the west coast of North America. In its native habitat, it can reach up to 200 feet tall and live for hundreds, and even thousands, of years. The Western red cedar growth rate is fast, up to 2' per year. The tree's scale-like foliage is aromatic when crushed and its red-brown bark is equally fragrant. Sale Price $49 Discount on wholesale AMRIT FARM & NURSERY B-6571 OLDFIELD ROAD, SAANICHTON, BC V8M 1Y1. PHONE: - TEXT 250-686-6614 OPEN EVERYDAY 11 AM TO 5 PM