Cedrus Species, Atlas Cedar, Atlantic Cedar

This is an attractive blue needled conifer. It has a stately appearance, classy almost. My specimen has been experiencing about 18" of ...Read Morevertical growth a year and about 7-10" of lateral growth a year. It's a reliable tree for growth and has no insect pests as of yet. I did have rabbits eat the needles last winter when snow weighed down the boughs. We've had ours for 5 years so far. It produces a ton of male cones every year but no female cones yet.

This is a very common conifer in the warmer parts of Bulgaria. They are used as specimens, in groves and in shelterbelts.
I have s...Read Moreeen the glaucous form in Sofia, and both green and blue forms are common on the coast. I have a plain green tree that has grown very vigorously here. I've had no problems, nor have I heard of anyone having any problems with Atlas Cedar.

A stately conifer that hails mainly from Northwestern Africa's Atlas Mountians. Considered by some to be a regional subspecies of the Ce...Read Moredar of Lebanon, with whom is is difficult to distinguish.
Some commonly held general differences: C. libani has longer needles, and clusters not as tight as C. atlantica, and C. libani new growth does not have as narrow of an appearance.

Its clusters of needles are shorter than most other pines and conifers. The color, like the "blue spruce" is either or blue, but usually selected to be blue in tint in most cultivated settings.

Habit is open, revealing the interesting structure: strongly conical in youth and more irregular or spreading in maturity.

As an ornamental, is has great use as evergreen cover and ideal nesting for birds. Growth is decent, comparable to pine and fir.