{"id":12558,"date":"2020-08-26T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=12558"},"modified":"2020-07-02T17:50:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T21:50:29","slug":"many-kinds-of-deodar-cedars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2020\/08\/26\/many-kinds-of-deodar-cedars\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Kinds Of Deodar Cedars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Deodar Cypress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara<\/em>) on East TN State University Campus, Johnson City, TN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara<\/em>), aka Deodar Cedar, is indigenous from northern India, east to Nepal, and northward through Pakistan and Afghanistan (USDA hardiness zones (6b)7-10). In the U.S., this evergreen conifer grows 60-70 feet high and 40 feet wide in 50 years. It offers year-round interest by way of its lovely pyramidal form and pendulous branching habit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deodar cedar is <\/strong>an excellent specimen tree. You may opt to mass several for privacy screening or a\u00a0windbreak\u00a0around your property. Create a unique focal point by clustering 3-5 trees together. Plant these long–lived evergreens for multi-generations to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Site selection is most important. Deodars prefer mostly sunny sites and set in moist, well-drained soils. Two-year established trees are drought t<\/strong>olerant. Relatively free from pest and disease troubles, once planted, deodars will provide maintenance-free beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elegant weeping branches dip downward to the ground and then sweep upward. The older 2- and 3- year old needles drop in spring, just as new buds emerge to provide a soft green look. Male trees produce catkins that disperse copious amounts of pollen in early spring. Female trees develop 3-5 inch egg-shaped cones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weatherwise, deodars earn a reputation as finicky trees in the mid-South (Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia). Young trees are more susceptible to cold than older stock. In a good soil young trees and shrubs grow off quickly, often achieving two feet of growth a year. If the tops of trees die back, winter freeze injury may be the problem.

Winter hardy tree forms include \u2018Shalimar\u2019, a selection made in the Kashmiri region of India and \u2018Kashmir\u2019. Many shrub forms are also available such as:
‘Feelin’ Blue’<\/strong> – low spreading, mounding, space saving form; long, thick bluish tinted needles that retain their color into late summer; grows 1 to 2 feet tall in 10 years. ‘Glacier Blue’<\/strong> -moderate growing shrub form with long blue-green foliage that grows 8-10 feet tall within 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shrub-like ‘Glacier Blue’ at UT Gardens in Knoxville, TN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deodar Cypress Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara), aka Deodar Cedar, is indigenous from northern India, east to Nepal, and northward through Pakistan and Afghanistan (USDA hardiness zones (6b)7-10). In the U.S., this evergreen conifer grows 60-70 feet high and 40 feet wide in 50 years. It offers year-round interest by way of its lovely pyramidal form […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,657,144,1450,674,645,806,800,604,665,853,1435,866,551,843,936,951,729,880,777,630,646,7,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12558"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12586,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12558\/revisions\/12586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}