Scientific Name: Thuja plicata 'Whipcord'
Common Name: Whipcord red cedar
Family Name: Cupressaceae
Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, Garden origin, U.S. - northwest
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Conifer
Mature Size: 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Weeping
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Winter interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Scale-like, Imbricate, Prickly, Glabrous, Lustrous, Rhomboidal, Entire
Flowers: n/a (male cone)
Fruit: Cone (winged seeds), Brown
Key ID Features:
Long arching rope-like branchlets of tightly overlapping scales.