While Alaska Yellow Cedar is the native spieces which grow s wild in Alaska where is can grow to 60’-90’ tall (and 30’ wide), the cultivar ‘Pendula’ is a slender, pyramidal, strongly weeping form that only grows to 35’ tall and 12 wide over its lifespan. It is an excellent specimen tree that features a nodding central leader with widely-spaced ascending to arching to horizontal branches. From these limbs branchlets droop. The foliage on these branchlets consists of flattened sprays with scale-like blue-green leaves. If one brushes up against the foliage or crushes it an unpleasant odor is released.
Mature trees features1/2” diameter cones.
Adaptation:
This cultivar is best adapted to the areas west of the Cascades where summers are mild and winters are wet. It should be protected from drying southwest winds. It does best where the soil is acidic. To ensure best growth give this plant full sun.