Skybound Cedar vs Meadowsweet - TreeTime.ca

Skybound Cedar vs Meadowsweet

Thuja occidentalis Skybound

Filipendula ulmaria

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Skybound Cedar
Meadowsweet

The Skybound Cedar is a newer variety that is usually hardier than the Brandon Cedar and richer in color. The dark green, scale-like foliage maintain their needles and color throughout the winter.

Cedars enjoy average to moist soil conditions and should not be allowed to dry out. It's small size, spread and columnar shape make the Skybound Cedar an excellent accent tree or border hedge that can be expected to live up to 50 years under ideal conditions.

Meadowsweet gets its name from its sweet fragrance from the creamy white flowers. It is a large upright herbaceous perennial shrub. They bloom in early summer, and with the right conditions may remain throughout the season.

Take care of where you’re planting Meadowsweet as it is known to spread.

Skybound Cedar Quick Facts

Meadowsweet Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 4 m (12 ft)
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: low


Flowers: white
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: skybound arborvitae
Other Names: bride wort, mead wort