Records from the Bonsai Bench Botanical Name - Cedrus deodara Common Name - Deodara Cedar, Himalayan Cedar

摘要

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 speciesof 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.