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Cedars are tall evergreen trees native to Mediterranean countries, and east to the Himalayas.
Habitus: Pyramidal growth when young, asymmetrical when old; bark strongly fissured on older trees; needle colour varies from varieties: grey to blue-silver, golden yellow, snow-white (when young). Grows up to 40 m tall. Branches are horizontally erect, the tips and twigs drooping at the end.
Flower: Monoecious flowers.
Fruit: Long, ovate, erect, blue-brown cones, obtuse at the end, 8-12 cm long.
Leaf: Needles much longer, growing in dense tufts, light green.
Deep humic soils, moist and well drained.
Green urban areas
Propagation by seed (rapidly losing germination) and by grafting.
C. deodara ‘Pendula’
C. deodara ‘Argentea’
C. deodara ‘Aurea’
C. deodara ‘Compacta’
C. deodara ‘Nivea’
Sirococcus conigenus
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