Plants of the Cedrus Genus at BCA



The following species and varieties are currently (or recently were) in the collections at Boone County Arboretum. This list is certainly not exhaustive -- additional taxa may be available in the trade, or may have been removed from our collection and thus removed from this list. To include taxa that are no longer present, go to this other list.

 


Cedrus atlantica

Atlas Cedar
A very picturesque evergreen tree as it ages, with bluish needles and good heat and drought tolerance.
  • Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca' // Blue Atlas Cedar

 

Cedrus deodara

Himalayan Cedar
An excellent, graceful, pendulous, finally flat-topped, silvery-blue specimen evergreen for protected/sheltered locations.
  • Cedrus deodara 'Eisregen' // Eisregen Himalayan Blue Cedar
  • Cedrus deodara 'Karl Fuchs' // Karl Fuchs Himalayan Cedar

 

Cedrus libani

Cedar of Lebanon
  • Cedrus libani subsp. stenocoma // Hardy Cedar of Lebanon