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Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca Pendula’
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(SE-drus at-LAN-ti-ka)
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A close-up of the blue needles on the weeping branches. |
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Raised by a nursery man in France, it was named in 1900. It has been in North American commerce since about 1943.
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Cedrus are native to the mountains of the southern and southeastern Mediterranean region and the western Himalayas.
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This evergreen conifer prefers moist, well-drained, deep loamy soil, but will tolerate clay soil.
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Between the Natural Sciences and Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) buildings. |
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| * Information from Oregon State University's Landscape Plants web site. |