Cedrus atlantica 'Pendula'
Common name: 
Weeping Atlas Cedar
Pronunciation: 
SE-drus at-LAN-ti-ka
Family: 
Pinaceae
Genus: 
Cedrus
Synonyms: 
Cedrus atlantica f. pendula
Type: 
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No

  • Conifer, nearly columnar at first, but tips nod and branches hang down, may reach a 12 ft high (3.6 m) in 10 years.  Green needles. Rather rare.

  • Sun or partial shade.   Prefers moist, well-drained, deep loamy soil, but tolerates clay soils.

  • Hardy to USDA Zone 6           Hardier that the much more common C. atlantica ‘Glauca Pendula’.   Apparently the plant was first raised by a nurseryman near Paris in about 1873.  The name was published in 1875. 

  • Many seedlings of C. atlanica have a conspicuous drooping habit and these trees can be designated as C. atlantica f. pendula (Jacobson).

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