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)