General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: 40 to 60 feet (12-18m)
Plant Spread: 30 to 40 feet (9-12m)
Leaves: Evergreen
Needled
Fruit: Showy
Uses: Provides winter interest
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Monoecious
Conservation status: Endangered (EN)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Endangered
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Common names
  • Atlas Cedar
  • Atlas Deodar
  • Lerz
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cedrus atlantica
  • Synonym: Cedrus libani subsp. atlantica
  • Synonym: Abies atlantica
  • Synonym: Pinus atlantica

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Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: France- Chateau sur Loire
Date: 07-07-2017
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2018-06-24

Date: 2009-02-09
Winter interest for a really big yard.

Date: 2011-02-01
You rarely see the cones of this tree because they shatter on the
Location: Leeds Castle, Kent!
Date: 2014-08-24
A wonderful old Blue Cedar!
Location: Leeds Castle, Kent!
Date: 2014-08-24
Stunning tree!
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-09
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-09
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-09
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-09
Location: Exbury Gardens, Hampshire, England.
Date: 2012-03-25
Blue Cedar.

credit: Vikoula5
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-12-10
Location: Leeds Castle, Kent!
Date: 2014-08-24
we call these Cedrus atlantica Glauca .
Location: Greenwich Park (Royal Park) London, England.
Date: 2013-10-18
Taken last autumn

Old tree
Uploaded by keithp2012
Location: Exbury Gardens, Hampshire, England.
Date: 2012-03-25
Pair of Blue cedars.
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2011-12-03
Young plant
Location: Sunriver nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2011-12-03
Young plant
Location: In a commercial garden in Oklahoma City
Date: July, 2005
Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica) 001
Location: In a commercial garden in Oklahoma City
Date: July, 2005
Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica) 002
Location: In a commercial garden in Oklahoma City
Date: July, 2005
Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica) 003

Photo by Leo Michels
Location: Hampton Court Palace!
Date: 2012-07-18
How lovely!
Location: Ft. Worth Botanic Gardens
Date: 2011-10-18 
Yes it is really that blue. No photo editing here.
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