Cedar of Lebanon

Having grown up in the same village as whats supposedly one of the largest cedars in Europe I thought I'd pay a visit and find a cone (or whats left of them, damn squirrels) and try and start one for myself, after all, it wont last forever and the village sign depicts it so best to start one off to keep the memory or Robert Marsham alive who planted this one in the 1700's .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Marsham

Any tips of soil type please? At the moment I have just put the bits of cones I could find into a pot with some decent organic compost.

 

Good luck with your propagation of your Cedrus atlantica. Common name Atlas cedar.
I think that is a wonderful idea.

However, this is a different tree to Cedrus libani. Common name Cedar of Lebanon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrus_libani

However,some sources concider it a subspecies of Lebanon Cedar. Cedrus libani subsp atlantica.
I am not sure of the very latest findings.

 

Whether Atlas Cedar and Lebanon cedar are the same species or not botanically I wouldn't like to say, but they do appear to grow differently and fully grown trees do look to be a different shape.

Roundup, the seeds are on the ends of the papery like wing that falls from the cones as they dry.
I seem to remember they germinate fairly easily in any growing medium, but probably best planted into a soil based compost once past the seedling stage.

They grow slowly for a few years but once planted out really get a move on and can get embarrassingly big after just a few years.
I hope you have plenty of space.:wink:

 

I have always known it to be Cedar of Lebanon, Wikipedia might have made a mistake, Ive found reference to it here http://www.nnns.org.uk/publications/natterjack/NJ102a.pdf
chapter 11, and it says different.

Heres a picture of me standing by it last winter, Its a beast!

 

Maybe it is Lebanon cedar then.

 

Thanks for the replies:thmb:, Pete, I will have to ask the Parish council or Land owner where I can replant it, My garden certainly cant accomodate it.