Cedrus deodara seed
LATIN NAME: CEDRUS DEODARA
COMMON NAME: Deodar Cedar
The deodar cedar rosettes the broad, conical crown with the soft, drooping shoots and the whorls of the needle-like, blue-green leaves, the barrel-shaped cones ripening through the autumn, the whole tree carrying the graceful, weeping evergreen form. The foliage keeps the cool, blue-green tone through the year, and the young trees grow fast and straight. It stands the cold, the wind, and the dry spells well, and it likes the sun, and the deep, well-drained soil.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
In the pine family, the deodar cedar has a long, honoured record in the studies of the evergreen timber trees, and the species appears in the research on the cold and drought tolerance and the wood chemistry. The foresters value the fragrant, durable timber, while the horticulturists note the weeping, blue-green form that holds through the year. The seed biology fills out the picture, and the growers of the grand evergreen trees keep the species in their catalogues.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the park and the large garden, the deodar cedar stands tall and scents the air. The weeping, blue-green form gives the year-round presence, the fragrant wood has served the construction, the furniture and the temples, and the tree makes the stately specimen and the windbreak. The cones feed the birds. Deep, graceful and generous.
To grow the Deodar Cedar from seed,
Sow the seeds in the sandy, gritty rows of the cold frame, then cover them lightly, keep the frame cool and moist, and the seedlings thread up within a few weeks
Keep the frame cool through the first winter, and water lightly in the dry weeks. The young trees grow straight and strong.
. Plant the young trees in the sunny, deep, well-drained ground, and the blue-green whorls will rosette the crown over the years.
Deodar Cedar, (Himalayan Cedar), Cedrus deodara, Tree Seeds
Evergreen, Wildlife Shelter, Shade Tree, Screen/Hedge, Heat, Drought and Urban Tolerant, Bonsai
Native to the Himalayas, Deodar Cedar is an evergreen conifer that is pyramidal when young, maturing to flat-topped trees with broad-spreading horizontal branching. Deodar Cedars are perhaps the most pendulous of the true cedars, with drooping branchlets and branching that is gracefully drooping at the tips. Lower branches typically remain on the tree as it ages, often touching the ground. This is a moderate growing tree that typically matures to 40 to 70 feet tall in its first 25 years. In its native habitat, trees reportedly will grow much taller over time, sometimes reaching 150 to 200 feet tall. Dark grayish-green needles to 1.25 inches long appear in clusters, with upright cones to 4 inches long.
Most cultivars of Deodar Cedar will grow into large and handsome specimen trees that need plenty of room. Use these in the back of a large landscape so they can be seen in their entirety. From a distance, deodar is dense and plumose with a fine texture. With proper pruning Deodar Cedars can be maintained as a hedge.
Leaf: Evergreen needles, dark green but may have some silvery bloom giving them a blue-green color; 1 to 2 inches long, sharp pointed; occur singly on new growth and then later on spur shoots; remaining on the tree for 3 to 6 years.
Flower: Monoecious; male cones 2 to 3 inches long on the lower parts of crown; female cones erect, purplish, occur on upper portions of crown.
Fruit: Upright cones, 3 to 4 inches long and 3 inches across; deciduous scales; initially green and purplish, then later turning a reddish brown when mature, usually resinous.
Twig: Slender, with numerous short spur shoots, branches droop with age; buds are very small and round.
Bark: Initially smooth and gray-brown, later developing short furrows with scaly ridge tops.
Form: Young trees have a broad pyramidal crown that becomes wider with age; branch tips and leaders droop and have a fine texture. In the landscape it can reach 80 feet tall but becomes much taller in its native range.