Whipcord is a wiry, dwarf variety of western red cedar native to the Pacific Northwest from Alaska to northern California. It was discovered in 1986 as a chance seedling and won the Royal Horticultural Award of Garden Merit for its hardiness and unusual foliage in 2012.
Whipcord’s threadlike branches flow gracefully down like a fountain. It’s youthful flattened top becomes mound-like with age, with glossy green branches in spring and summer that turn an attractive bronze in the winter. Grows 2″-4″ a year, reaching 2.5′ high and wide in 10 years. At maturity, it can grow to 4′-5′ high and wide.