🌲✨ Cedrus atlantica (Atlas Cedar) Seeds – 3 Rare Evergreen Tree Seeds for Majestic Landscape Beauty

Grow your own piece of ancient forest with Cedrus atlantica, also known as the Atlas Cedar. Native to the Atlas Mountains of North Africa, this majestic conifer is prized for its silvery-blue to blue-green needle foliage and stately, pyramid-shaped form. A slow-growing evergreen that can live for centuries, it adds architectural elegance and year-round interest to large gardens, parks, or estates.

Scientific Name: Cedrus atlantica
Common Name: Atlas Cedar
Life Cycle: Long-lived evergreen tree
Height: 12–30 meters (40–100 feet) over time
Spread: 6–15 meters (20–50 feet)
Foliage Color: Silvery blue to bluish-green needles
Growth Rate: Moderate when young, slower with age
USDA Hardiness Zones: 6–9

Growing Instructions:

• Sowing Time: Best sown in autumn or stratified and sown in early spring.

• Soil: Prefers well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral soil. Tolerant of poor soils once established.

• Light: Full sun.

• Sowing Depth: Sow seeds about 1 cm (½ inch) deep. Stratification (cold treatment) for 4–6 weeks improves germination.

• Germination: Can take 4–8 weeks after stratification at 4°C (39°F).

• Spacing: Plant seedlings at least 3–5 meters apart when transplanting.

Care Tips:

• Water regularly during the first few years to establish deep roots.

• Does not tolerate wet or soggy soils — excellent drainage is essential.

• Very drought-tolerant once mature.

• Minimal pruning required — let it develop its natural majestic form.

• Can be grown as a bonsai by skilled growers due to its attractive needle and branch structure.

Ideal Uses:

• Specimen tree in large landscapes

• Evergreen screens or windbreaks

• Drought-tolerant and xeriscape gardens

• Bonsai cultivation (advanced growers)

• Symbolic or commemorative planting

Bring timeless beauty and resilience to your garden with Cedrus atlantica, a truly noble tree that adds presence and permanence to any landscape.

Can be grown as bonsai tree

3 seeds