Cedrus Species, Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar 'Glauca Pendula'

I grow a beautiful arbor and wall espalier in zone 7b/8a.
I wish I could say I did the original shaping, but I have maintained it ...Read Moreand it grows robustly.

Does anyone have a recommendation for landscape pairings?

I purchased a cultivar called "Blue Cascade." I believe it may be a somewhat more dwarf, that is, slow growing, form. The foliage is a ...Read Moresomewhat lighter shade of blue than the typical glauca pendula. The nursery guy suggested growing in part shade, since full sun might burn and bleach this delicate color. Some sites that I trust identify its width at ten years to be about six feet.

This can be an extraordinarily beautiful tree, if well sited and well trained. It can form blue waterfalls of foliage, weeping down over ...Read Morea steep slope or a retaining wall, spilling over boulders, or after training up onto a pergola.

Small specimens are trained into an s-shape by the nurseries and thoughtlessly planted in huge numbers in inappropriate sites. It sometimes forms beautifully grotesque shapes when left to its own devices, but on flat ground it generally benefits from some thoughtful ongoing training, especially when young.

Intolerant of shade, wind, and poor drainage. This rarely prospers in the hot humid summers of the eastern US south of Z7.

In USDA Zone 6a .. Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Purchased a WEEPING BLUE ATLAS CEDAR this summer @ local nursery & planted it agai...Read Morenst sheltered SW side of house. Wondering if I should protect it with burlap?? I've seen them growing as far north as Niagara & hope it will winter here. Any comments appreciated.

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