Best adapted to moist soils.
Jun 17, Cedar trees are easy to care for, and once established you will not need to spend a lot of time grooming them.
You can prune them once a year, towards the end of. Aug 16, On to pruning. Now is a fine time to prune cedars or you can do it most any time of the year. The advantage to doing it now is there is not a lot of other vegetation around so it will be easier to Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.
Identification of the western red cedar is by scale-like green leaves that form flat sprays.
Small tree with rounded crown, pink to purplish flowers in early spring. Heart-shaped leaves are reddish at emergence, become dark green, then yellow in the fall. Likes moist, well drained soils. Full sun to light shade. Can be used as a street, yard, or border tree.
Shear the outside of the tree in mid-summer, removing only the outer 2 to 3 inches and leaving plenty of green on the tree.
Requires little pruning after lower branches have been removed for clearance. A: The City may only trim the portion of the tree that is in the City-owned public right-of-way, such as the branches that hang over a sidewalk or the road.
Keep in mind that the City-owned right-of-way typically measures 10 feet from the curb or street edge into your yard. We recommend that homeowners trim their own trees. Oct 13, Prune away any dead or damaged twigs and branches. Also, make sure to destroy the clippings to help prevent any possible diseases from spreading to other trees. Pruning your cedars will not only protect them from diseases and pests, but also promotes healthy growth.
Browning can be a serious problem for cedars, but it is far from a death. Maintain your topped cedar tree by pruning your cedar one to three times a year during mid-June to mid-July. If you cut after this, you will destroy the next year's growth, since the buds have already begun to form. Remove the brown leaves, but don't remove too many of the green leaves. This will keep your tree shaped and from growing too tall.