Port Orford Cedar Tree {Chamaecyparis lawsoniana} Evergreen HUGE GROWTH! | Valuble timber | Use For Privacy Row | 25+ seeds Free Shipping! Port Orford Cedar Scientific name: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Taxonomy Family: Cupressaceae Type: Coniferous trees Native: YES Plant Requirements Zone: 5 to 8 Sun: Full to partial sun Moisture: Medium Plant Characteristics Height: 100 ft Width: 40 ft Additional Characteristics Trees Small lot suitable Flowering tree Safe for beneath power lines Fruit Showy Edible Leaves Good Fall color Leaves fragrant Gold foliage Evergreen Bark Showy Wildlife value Attract hummingbirds Attract butterflies Attract birds Description Port Orford Cedar is a majestic Northwest native that grows best under maritime conditions of northern California into southern Oregon in the Coast Range. It is best recognized for its massive thick trunk conical silhouette and blue-green foliage. Also known as Lawson Falsecypress. Morphology: This evergreen conifer grows from 60’-100’ feet tall and up to 40’ wide at maturity. It forms a narrow pyramidal tree featuring short upright branches and gently weeping tips. Foliage consists of fern like leaves arranged in flattened sprays of blue-green needles with a spicy scent. Flattened frond-like twigs are arranged horizontally. The underside of the foliage displays distinct white "X" markings. Conversely, Western Red Cedar has “butterfly” shape on the underside of the leaves. Male pollen cones form on the tips of the branchlets, and are ovate to oblong and dark brown to red at the time of pollen release in the late winter. Female flowers are green to blue-green, developing into round seed cones that are 1/3” across. Upon maturity they open and turn brown. Brown, weathering to a gray-brown, mature bark is fibrous, ridged, deeply furrowed and may reach 4 to 8 inches thick near the base. Adaptation: Port Orford Cedar can grow in either sun or partial shade. It must have a well drained site and shelter from strong winds. Because of its size this conifer is best suited to larger landscapes such as parks, golf courses or estates. Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours Stratification: cold stratify for 60 days Germination: sow seed1/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch seed bed