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Blue Atlas Cedar

Horstmann blue Atlas cedar branches

Cedrus atlantica

Season(s): Fall, Summer, Winter

Garden:
Gateway Gardens, Terraces and Historic Gardens

Type of Plant: Evergreen, Tree/Shrub

Potted dwarf blue Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica ‘Horstmann’) in the Mary Duke Biddle Rose Garden, by Keith Kennedy.

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Horstmann blue Atlas cedar branches
True Cedars

What all of the “false cedars” have in common are evergreen leaves with a fan-like pattern reminiscent of the “true cedars”—that is, members of the genus Cedrus in the Pinaceae or pine family.

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