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  Floridata: Cedrus deodara
Deodars are often used in landscapes along the United States West Coast and other mild winter areas - this graceful individual inhabits a park in southern Germany (Zone 7).
Deodar cedar, or just "deodar" (the name used in its native India), is a large stately conifer with horizontal spreading branches and a conical shape.
Deodar is fairly fast growing for the first decade or two, growing as high as 30 ft (9.1 m) in its first 10 years.
www.floridata.com /ref/c/cedr_deo.cfm   (534 words)

  
  Graceful deodar cedar tree | "Fruitless" plums making fruit again
The deodar cedar is native to the Himalayas from India to Afghanistan.
The relatives of the deodar cedar are the Atlas cedar and the Cedar of Lebanon.
The Atlas cedar is native to the Atlas Mountains of North Africa in Algeria and Morocco.
www.cahe.nmsu.edu /ces/yard/2002/051102.html   (533 words)

  
 true cedar genus description   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
True cedars are native to the Middle and Far East--and are very different from the scale-leaved false cedars native to the Pacific Northwest.
Deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara): the largest, most common, and easiest to recognize of the true cedars.
Deodar cedar is native to the Himalayan Mountains of northern India.
oregonstate.edu /trees/con/trcedgen.html   (296 words)

  
 Cedar of Lebanon
The Cedar of Lebanon is originally from the Middle East and grows to be a 40 - 50 feet tall tree in nature.
Cedars of Lebanon are widely used as an ornamental and are often found growing near the foundations of old homesteads.
Cedar of Lebanon is one of only four species (not including cultivars) of true cedars.
www.bonsai-bci.com /species/cedar-of-lebanon.html   (580 words)

  
 Care Sheet: :Deodar Cedar
Deodar Cedar's natural form is as a conical formal upright, but it is suited to just about all bonsai forms except broom.
Deodar Cedars have flexible branches that respond readily to wiring.
In California Deodars can be repotted anytime between December and April, but in areas with colder winters, repotting should probably be done once the danger of frost is mostly over and before the hot weather hits.
www.brusselsbonsai.com /care/care_sheets/DeodarCedar.html   (433 words)

  
 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Cedar, Yellow - Herb Profile and Information
RED CEDAR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, the Giant Arbor Vitae, is next to the Douglas Fir in importance in British Columbia, where it attains its greatest height of 100 feet.
Externally it is an irritant, and an ointment prepared from the fresh leaves is used as a substitute for savin cerate in discharge from blisters.
Small excrescences called cedar apples are sometimes found on the branches, and used as an anthelmintic.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/c/cedyel41.html   (1112 words)

  
 Cedar rose tree - Deodar? - UBC Botanical Garden Forums
I've located pictures on the net of the flower cones and they are referred to as cedar roses on a few natural material craft sites, and again there was a mention of deodar cedar as the source.
Cedar cones disintegrate when mature; the 'roses' are the tops of the cones that get pushed off when the cones dry out and disintegrate.
With the partly shattered true cedar (Cedrus) cones there is a layer of cone scales left at the bottom of the rachis (central axis), suggesting one of those desktop spikes on a stand that notes or restaurant orders are pushed onto.
www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org /forums/showthread.php?t=16591   (1130 words)

  
 Deodar Cedar: Cedrus deodara   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
This tree is native to the Himalayans, where its name was derived from the Sanskrit word 'devadara', meaning tree of the gods.
It was then shortened to the common Indian name 'deodar'.
Deodar Cedars unite the relaxed, drooping posture of hemlocks and the massive horizontal sturdiness of certain pines, and can reach 200 feet in height (although the more typical range is 40-70 feet).
faculty.ncwc.edu /ekosal/arboretum/deodar_cedar.htm   (214 words)

  
 Tree Details—The Tree Guide at arborday.org
The Deodar Cedar can be expected to grow in the zones shown in color in the arborday.org zone map.
The Deodar Cedar grows to be 70' feet in height.
It is no wonder that its name, Deodar, derives from Sanskrit that translates to "timber of the gods." This beautiful tree, with its interesting branching pattern and drooping tips, attracted the eye of plant fanciers early in history.
www.arborday.org /Trees/TreeGuide/TreeDetail.cfm?id=43   (317 words)

  
 Deodar Cedar is impressive and unique
Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara) is a native of the Himalayan Mountains of Afghanistan and Nepal where it grows so big that it's used for saw-timber.
This tree is an ideal choice for southern lawns, gardens and parks that have sufficient space for this large growing cedar that can reach heights of 40 to 70 feet at maturity with a basal spread of 30 to 40 feet.
Deodar Cedar is a tree that we could certainly use a lot more of in Mississippi landscapes.
msucares.com /lawn/garden/msgardens/03/030203.html   (460 words)

  
 Lebanon Cedar - Cedrus libani
The history of the Lebanon cedar's decline is a long one.
The fate of the cedar forests was sealed.
Today the large cedar forests of the past are gone, replaced by a barren, dry land.
www.blueplanetbiomes.org /lebanon_cedar.htm   (753 words)

  
 Deodar : Keele University Arboretum
The foliage of the three cedars is very similar and identification is done more on the shape of the tree.
All three have needles in radiating clusters, those of Deodar are the longest.
In Deodar the tips of the branches, especially on young shoots droop - shown clearly in the photograph.
www.keele.ac.uk /university/arboretum/trees/deodar.htm   (167 words)

  
 Deodar Cedar
Deodar Cedars reach their mature size after 30 or 40 years in the South.
They grow rapidly in areas where conditions are good, with dense, wide spreading branches that droop at the tips when the trees are young.
Like all true cedars, deodar cedars have tufted clusters of stiff needles that develop on spurs off the growing stems.
www.yardener.com /DeodarCedar.html   (278 words)

  
 Cedar
Eastern red cedar isn't a Cedrus at all, it's a juniper - Juniperus virginiana (which, BTW, is the "cedar" used as fragrant red cedar woodwork).
Cedars are large evergreen trees with grey bark - smooth at first, becoming rough with age - and erect, woody cones.
Cedar wood has historically been important in commerce, and remains popular today for its fine scent.
www.bonsai-bci.com /species/cedar.html   (1021 words)

  
 1. Deodar Cedar
Unlike our native cedar these bear sharp 1-2 inch needles; and the erect, fist-sized cones (produced only by female and bisexual trees) shatter to pieces in spring when the seeds ripen.
Deodar Cedars unite the relaxed, drooping posture of hemlocks and the massive horizontal sturdiness of certain pines, whether yielding valuable wood in Indian forests or graciously decorating our landscapes.
Compare Deodar with its congeners: Atlas cedar and cedar of Lebanon.
www.washington.edu /home/treetour/dcedar.html   (94 words)

  
 Deodar Cedar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Deodar cedars were planted in W. Hearst's time; for example, several deodar cedars were growing east of La Casa del Monte, but they were removed when the North Terrace and Entrance were started in 1929.
This a true cedar which bears dark bluish-green, 1-2 inch-long needles in tufted clusters.
Clothing stored in closets (as at Hearst Castle) and chests made with cedar wood is usually safe from moths.
www.hearstcastle.org /behind_scenes/plants/deodor_cedar.asp   (245 words)

  
 Deodar Cedar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Deodar Cedar Cedrus deodara (also known as Himalayan Cedar, or Deodar) is a species of cedar native to the western Himalaya in eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Kashmir, northwest and north-central India, southwesternmost Tibet and western Nepal, occurring at 1500-3200 m altitude.
It is a large evergreen coniferous tree reaching 40-50 m tall, exceptionally 60 m, with a trunk up to 3 m diameter.
The most cold-tolerant trees originate in the northwest of the species' range in Kashmir, and Paktia province, Afghanistan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deodar_Cedar   (282 words)

  
 Deodar Cedar Christmas Trees grow at Shady Pond Tree Farm...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Deodar Cedar Christmas Trees grow at Shady Pond Tree Farm...
It was then shortened to the common Indian name 'deodar'.
In Asia, Deodar wood was used to construct temples.
www.cgernon.com /sptf/deodar.htm   (95 words)

  
 Deodar Cedar
The Deodar Cedar Cedrus deodara (also known as Himalayan Cedar, or Deodar) is a species of cedar native to the western Himalaya in eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Kashmir, northwest and north-central India, southwesternmost Tibet and western Nepal, occurring at 1500-3200 m altitude.
It is a large evergreen coniferous tree reaching 40-50 m tall, exceptionally 60 m, with a trunk up to 3 m diameter.
Deodar Cedar is a very elegant ornamental tree, much planted in parks and large gardens for its graceful drooping foliage, though it can only be grown where winters are mild, never falling below about -25°C (USDA hardiness zone 8-9, with selected origins hardy to zone 7).
www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http://articles.gourt.com/%22http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3Ddeodar   (276 words)

  
 Cedar Tree
A cedar tree can add beauty and value to your home.
Here are some top cedar tree varieties as well as pictures of cedar trees.
Eastern red cedar is a hardy evergreen tree that provides welcome color and texture to the garden year round.
www.bhg.com /home/Cedar-Tree.html   (259 words)

  
 Monrovia - FEELIN' BLUE DEODAR CEDAR
The name deodar translates from the original Sankrit as "timber of the gods".
Deodar cedars are among the great aromatic timber woods of antiquity, considered pest resistant and therefore used to create containers to house precious but perishable objects.
This is the dwarf form of a genus of primarly tree species and falls into the Pinaceae with most other conifers.
www.monrovia.com /PlantInf.nsf/709359cd399269ec8825684d0078b8fd/63e8ec3e8208cb558825692f0011c853!OpenDocument   (507 words)

  
 index
We are the Shire of Deodar, a branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism.
The SCA is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to the research and re-enactment of the middle ages (from 600-1600AD).
We fall under the dominion of the Kingdom of Calontir, although we are friendly neighbors with both the MidRealm and Northshield kingdoms.
www.geocities.com /shireofdeodar   (430 words)

  
 Cedrus deodara   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
enerally speaking, the graceful deodar cedar can be distinguished from the Atlas cedar by its overall appearance or silhouette, its supple apex that bows with the wind or droops, and branches that tend to sweep down to the ground.
One of a group on the south side of Burnham Pavilion on Serra Street has a marker dating it to 1915; its girth is nearly 14 feet.
Deodar cedars line the old road (now a pedestrian path) to the Mausoleum that takes off from Palm Drive, not far from its intersection with Campus Drive.
trees.stanford.edu /ENCYC/CEDde.htm   (236 words)

  
 Cedrus deodara: Deodar Cedar
With its pyramidal shape, soft grayish-green (or blue) needles and drooping branches, this cedar makes a graceful specimen or accent tree.
Growing rapidly to 40 to 50 feet tall and 20 to 30 feet wide, it also works well as a soft screen.
Permission is granted to others to use these materials in part or in full for educational purposes, provided that full credit is given to the UF/IFAS, citing the publication, its source, and date of publication.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu /BODY_ST134   (538 words)

  
 deodar cedar  Cedrus deodara  Pinaceae
Cones are large, blue-green, and erect on branches, and they fall apart on the branch the second season.
Deodar cedar is from the Himalayas and is a popular ornamental.
All text and photographs are intended for educational purposes only and are not for commercial use in any form.
www.forestry.auburn.edu /samuelson/dendrology/pinaceae_pg/deodar_cedar.htm   (114 words)

  
 Cedar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They are most closely related to the Firs (Abies), sharing a very similar cone structure.
The name "cedar" has been widely applied to many other trees with scented wood, including the genera Calocedrus ("incense-cedars"), Chamaecyparis and Thuja ("whitecedar", "Western Redcedar"), Cryptomeria (Japanese cedar"), and Juniperus ("Eastern Redcedar", "Mountain-cedar") in the family Cupressaceae; Cedrela ("Spanish-cedar") and Toona ("Australian Redcedar") in the family Meliaceae; and Tamarix ("Saltcedar") in the family Tamaricaceae.
The maturation and dispersal of cedar cones and seeds.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cedar   (707 words)

  
 Products
To properly assess the size of tree needed, it is best to consider where in the house the tree will be kept.
Most standard rooms will easily accommodate a 7-foot tree; however, some rooms with cathedral ceilings can accommodate our tallest "#1 Deodar Cedar." The oversized trees are more expensive because they take up a lot of space in the gardens, and take more effort to shear and to protect from insects, diseases, and animal damage.
This is the most popular height because it is the largest tree for a home with a regular eight foot high ceiling.
www.adoptachristmastree.com /products.php   (720 words)

  
 'Kashmir' Deodar Cedar
The photo under "Size", was taken in May of 2003.
As with many of the true Cedars, they can be beautiful large trees and need to be observed from a distance for full appreciation.
An appropriate tree for golf courses, corporate parks, municipal parks, and campuses.
www.uah.edu /admin/Fac/grounds/KASHMIR.HTM   (384 words)

  
 Cedrus deodara: Deodar Cedar Seeds
The Deodar Cedar is a good grower for the south and west coast of the US.
When needles first emerge they are yellowish-green, but throughout the summer they mature to blue-green.
When choosing a location, keep in mind that the Deodar Cedar has a moderate growth rate.
www.treehelp.com /shopping/product-detail.asp?Product_ID=1875   (240 words)

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