About
This conifer is a slow-growing specimen with a nearly horizontal habit. Its foliage features soft, slender needles in a vivid blue-green hue, arranged on gracefully arching branches.
About the genus
Cedrus consists of substantial evergreen trees characterized by needle-like foliage that forms a spiral pattern on young branches and appears in whorls on shorter spur-like shoots. The ovoid cones disintegrate to disperse seeds while remaining attached to the tree.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, South-facing, North-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conifers
- Habit
- Matforming
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural, Rock garden, City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Gravel garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Good specimen tree but needs space to reach full potential. Grow in any well-drained soil
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed or semi-hardwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to conifer aphid
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus