Cedar in Madrid.
By Katarina
23 Feb, 2012
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My beloved tree (with the exception of pine, of course :)
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Cedrus Libani, Cedar of Lebanon.
Great old specimen
24 Feb, 2012
They grow pretty fast. This one might not be so old, or do you think it is?
24 Feb, 2012
It's developed the open 'shelved' form which is into maturity. Going by the spread and trunk thickness I would say 150 years minimum.
24 Feb, 2012
OK. Might be. If you watch closer, you can see, that its shape was partially modulated.
24 Feb, 2012
The removal / loss of some higher limbs?
24 Feb, 2012
Yes, that is what I meant.
24 Feb, 2012
That probably wasn't intentional. They can lose limbs to lightning or winds. There are some big ones near to where Stickitoffee lives along a ridge and one of them has broken in half completely. There's a very big one near to me that has lower limbs missing. I'll post the picture up in a minute, it has my mother standing next to it for scale.
24 Feb, 2012
So Sticki as well as you live in Spain :)?
24 Feb, 2012
No lol, we live in England.
24 Feb, 2012
They are elegant trees. Looking forward to show you my cedar in garden. It grows very fast, about meter each year.
24 Feb, 2012
That is an incredible cedar!
17 Mar, 2012
Beautiful, isn´t it?
17 Mar, 2012
Yes indeed!
20 Mar, 2012
Lovely specimen
23 Feb, 2012