Blue atlas cedar

"Horstmann" is a cultivar of blue atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) prized for its evergreen...

The weeping blue atlas cedar, also known as the Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca Pendula’ and the Cedar of Lebanon, is and evergreen conifer tree grown in residential landscapes and ornamental gardens for its gorgeous foliage with the flowing limbs drooping gracefully to the ground. The tree can grow up to twenty feet tall and ten feet

Q: Any idea what type of tree this is? A: It's a weeping Blue Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca Pendula’. The weeping, contorted shape is certainly an eye-catcher! This tree can do well here if it is planted correctly.With your shovel loosen an area 8 feet in diameter. Add 1 inch of expanded slate (PermaTill)

This spectacular specimen is one of the most popular landscape evergreens. When young, it has a bold, irregular form but becomes fuller and more pyramidal with age. It has sparkling silvery-blue foliage. This tree grows slowly but eventually fills large landscape areas. It’s best grown in well-drained soil in full sun.

The blue atlas cedar's prostrate form is called weeping blue atlas cedar. Garden centers sell it trained so that you can grow them in a serpentine pattern before draping them back to the earth. It

I am obsessed, and that’s never a good thing. When it hits all reason seems to fly right out the window. Each year I get stuck on a different idea of what should constitute our Christmas tree. One year it was a Tree Fern (Dickonsonia Antarctica). Last year we simply had branches. And there’ve been many years when I’m happy with just the vintage aluminum tree. This year? I’m obsessed with having a Blue Atlas Cedar (Cedrus A ‘Glauca’). Of course these are not trees you regularly find in a tree…

This highly coveted tree is truly one-of-a-kind.

My husband finally gave in and bought this for me today.. tee-hee ;) If I whine enough, he eventually gives in. While he was out of town I had the UGLY bush removed that was in this spot. Pumped up his landscaping obsession :) But I so wanted a tree that I would love to look at every day.. and this is it. It's like a Dr.Seuss Bonsai tree :)

Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca'

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