| Scientific Name: | Cedrus libani |
| Common Name: | cedar of Lebanon |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | > 30m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Spiraled, Acicular |
| Flowers: | Yellow, Green, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Maturing flat-topped; needles on long shoots spirally arranged or in clusters of 20-35, linear 20-25 x 1-1.5mm, 4-sided; usually dark green, sometimes glaucous; pollen cones erect, 4-5cm long; seed cones erect, barrel-shaped, (5-)8-12 × 3-6cm, light green ripening to purple then gray-brown purple, cone rachis persistent, narrowly conical; scales broad, 3-3.5 x 3.5-4cm (wider than long); glabrous with orange-brown pubescent at base; seeds 10-14 x 4-6mm, brown with wings 20-30mm long. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Cedrus_libani.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |