Cedrus deodara

Scientific name: Cedrus deodara

Common name:  Deodar cedar

Family name: Pinaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: over 25m tall and wide

Form: horizontal, pyramidal

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: needle-lie. Spiraled, whorled.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: cones, sit upright.

Limitations: blight, canker rot. Needs lots of space.

Suitable uses: specimen.

Quick ID: Conifer. Evergreen. Asia. Needle-like. Spiraled/whorled on pendulous branches. Sharp needles. Much longer needles than atlantica. Needles variety of sizes .Short shoot morphology (tuffs)

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