Cedrus Atlantica “Glauca Pendula”

Cedar - Weeping Blue Atlas

                                          ID#105

 
 

Additional Information: Blue Sterling Nursery in  Dover, MD (June ’05).

The second one purchase during a trip, do not know exactly where.

 

During a visit to Chestertown, MD  I saw a specimen of this tree drooping along a fence, clearly a very old tree.

My vision: to have the plants climb the arch on each side and eventually cover the top and cross over.

The grow so slow and so thin in branches that I’m not sure I will live long enough to see it my self but perhaps my grand children will.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 15-30 ft x Weeping PLANT TYPE: Evergreen, conifer GROWTH RATE: Slow TEXTURE: medium, LIGHT: full sun WATER: moist, well drain SOIL: high Organic
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: grown for its foliage FRUIT AND SEED: very small cones in spring, however I have not observed any in my trees so far. KEY FEATURES: Powdery steel-blue needles borne in whorls. Drooping vertical branches; no well-defined central leader
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch These trees looked like they are barely surviving. Discolored needles, far and few. These plant prefers acid soil. Over time I have amended the soil with sulphur to lower the Ph (a rate of 1 cup/spring/tree). The trees have since more and longer needles. Fall 2009 I switched to Fish/seaweed fertilizer and also seems to help. I have so far never trim or prune the trees, just train the branches to climb the Arch structure. Branches are flexible only when young. Various vines adorn the arch in summer until the trees take over. Clematis, cardinal vine work well nothing woody that would give to much shade.
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 

June 2009

June 2009

02/2010