It will have no effect at all. Go for it if a reasonable distance from it.

Does it have a cultivar name.

If its species it could be in the stream down the road say a 1000 years + or - 300 years.

See link.

Dave

Here is a link that might be useful: Moumental trees

Thanks Dave. I know I won't be here 300 years from now, but it would be beautiful there. I knew it got big, but that link is incredible. I don't know if it has a cultivar name, I need the truck to pick it up tomorrow it did not fit in the Yaris, lol.

If being sold by a responsible nursery in SE PA, it should be one of the selected hardier cultivars.
Winters like 1994 and 1996, when temps went well below 0F anywhere north of the Virginia Peninsula, would cause damage to the more tender strains of C. deodara.
May I ask where you are getting it?

No need to ask, I thought it might be Waterloo.
Not even sure it's worth driving up there anymore...looks like this is in its final days?
My, how the mighty have fallen. When I first visited Waterloo & Styers in the late 90s, I was awed by their sophistication, as far as "local nurseries" went. But the fact no one wanted to buy this once-storied name is a sign that even in SE PA, the horticultural biz is not what it used to be.

OTOH Rarefind found a buyer, it's not a far drive from the Philly 'burbs, and it's _always_ been a more interesting place than almost any non-mail order nursery in the mid-Atlantic, with the exception of Triple Oaks and a couple others, because of the extensive display gardens and mind-boggling selection.

At any rate the original Waterloo had a reputation of being run by real horticulturalists, and I can't believe they would have sold a tender strain of C. deodara back then. As for the past few years I don't know. I hadn't been there since about 2008 and they could have changed ownership. What probably happened? The sliver of the market interested in special things started going online and finding out about places like Rarefind. Average Joes started buying plants at Walmart, Lowes & HD, or Wegmans.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://waterloogardens.com/

Definitely not worth my time!

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.yelp.com/biz/waterloo-gardens-inc-exton