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Cedar in Madrid.


Cedar in Madrid.

My beloved tree (with the exception of pine, of course :)



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Lovely specimen

23 Feb, 2012

 

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, isnĀ“t it?

17 Mar, 2012

 

Yes indeed!

20 Mar, 2012



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