Loading...

GARDEN NAVIGATOR

Find a Plant       What's in Bloom       Locate a Garden Feature       Take a Tour       Map       NYBG Home

Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca' (Glauca Group)

Title Image

blue Atlas cedar

 
FAMILY Pinaceae (Pine Family)
HABIT Tree
LANDSCAPE USES Native to the Atlas Mountains of North Africa, Atlas cedar is the most cold-hardy of the true cedars. The blue-needled cultivar has been widely planted in European and American gardens, where it becomes a large, spreading tree. R. H. Montgomery donated a pair of blue Atlas cedars to the Garden in 1949. These trees now anchor the Montgomery Oval in the Benenson Ornamental Conifers.
GROWTH FORM Spreading
LEAF TYPE Evergreen
HARDINESS USDA Zone 6 (Coldest zone where hardy)
SUN REQUIREMENTS Sun
FOLIAGE COLOR Gray (Gray blue) | Blue | Green
SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS Winter Interest

Find Other Plants Like This: Cedrus>

Other Cedrus
Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula' (Glauca Group) - Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar Atlas Cedar Atlantic Cedar Cedrus atlantica 'Aurea' - Golden Atlas Cedar Atlas Cedar Atlantic Cedar Cedrus deodara 'Shalimar' - Deodar Cedar Himalayan Cedar Deodar Indian Cedar California Christmas Tree The Deodar Cedrus libani 'Beacon Hill' - Cedar Of Lebanon Cedar Of Lebánón Lebanon Cedar Find
More

Location Map for Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca' (Glauca Group)

blue Atlas cedar

  MAP HELP  

  CENTER THE PLANTS  

  SHOW LARGER MAP >  

5 Plant Locations Were Found

MAP
KEY		 ACCESSION
NUMBER		 YEAR LOCATION
1 22899*A 1905 Old Maple Collection
2 104/49*A 1949 Benenson Ornamental Conifers
3 104/49*B 1949 Benenson Ornamental Conifers
4 890/2003*A 2003 Old Maple Collection
5 1645/2004*A 2004 Benenson Ornamental Conifers

Gallery

^Top of Page

Powered by Web-VQF

Close
 
Print Close