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Cedrus deodara care |
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American Bonsai Society
Care Sheet
By Randy Davis
Botanical Name - Cedrus deodara
Common Name - Deodara Cedar, Himalayan Cedar
Description
Native to – Asia, on the lower slopes of the Himalayas from India to Afghanistan
Botanical Information – First described by John Claudius Loudon in the early 19th century. Cedrus deodara is a large conifer growing to 150 feet and is the largest species of the genus. It is the most graceful of the species of Cedrus with a rather pyramidal upright shape with long sweeping branches. Its species name “deodara” is derived from Sanskrit and generally means “divine wood”. The needles are singly borne on the branches and will reach 2-3 inches in length. The needles usually emerge a light bluish green (glaucous) and will turn a darker blue-green as they mature. Large barrel shaped cones are borne upright on the branches over 3 years and then disintegrate during the summer months. Male flowers appear in the late summer or early fall. Cedrus deodara is used almost exclusively as the root stock for grafted cultivars of all Cedrus species.
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By Reiner Goebel
Eastern White Cedar
(The name "cedar" is a misnomer-true cedars are native to Africa and Asia) is an evergreen native to the northeastern part of North America roughly bounded in the north by a line drawn from the southern tip of Hudson Bay west to the Ontario/Manitoba border and east to Nova Scotia. In the south, it occurs along the southern shores of the Great Lakes and most of the New England states. The leaves are yellowish-green and scale-like. The fibrous bark is reddish brown and peels off in narrow strips. Both wood and foliage are highly aromatic. The wood of eastern white cedar is long lasting, making the species an ideal subject for driftwood style bonsai.
Figure 1: Bottom view of eastern white cedar
(Thuja occidentalis) rootball
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