Cedrus libani 'ATLANTICA AUREA'

Cedrus libani 'ATLANTICA AUREA'
cedar of Lebanon

SIZE/TYPE	medium-sized tree
USUAL HEIGHT	5-10m
USUAL WIDTH	4-7m
LEAVES	evergreen conifer
COLOUR OF LEAVES	varigated:yellow and blue-green
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	5b (down to -27°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Conifers

Cedar of Lebanon is the most popular cedar in our country as it combines two important features: it is fully hardy and has the typical, beautiful cedar shape. Atlantica Aurea is a less common, yet extremely beautiful variety with partially yellow needles.

Atlantica Aurea is a slow growing cedar of Lebanon with blue-green needles that emerge bright yellow-green in spring, mature to fresh green in summer, and turn yellow again for autumn and winter. Mature height is about 10 m in open spaces and much less in gardens. If your garden is too small you can easily control its size by pruning which cedars take very well. It can be done in early spring or in midsummer.

It grows reliably in almost any soil type, even chalky, just avoid too acidic locations. For the best results choose a sunny spot. Although cedar of Lebanon is a hardy species we do not recommend planting it in mountainous regions with prolonged winter periods or in frost pockets. Reliably hardy to -26°C (USDA zone 5b), possibly a little more.

Last update 21-02-2018

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.