Glad to see you growing Cedrus. I have wondered if I could grow that well, here.

Beautiful specimen, will have to check out the vendor.

I think you might not have enough winter hardiness where you are greenhaven. While I am only 5b, the USDA map previous to the newly released 2012 had me in zone 6a. I was in the northernmost of a pocket. It was a really strange deal to see how they had my location in 6a with 120 miles of Zone 5b to the south of me.

If you are going to try true Cedrus, your only bet of real good chance is still a beautiful tree:
Cedrus libani var. stenocoma

I wouldn't even mess with Deodar cedars if I were you, however, if you really want to try one, you'll need to go with one of these cultivars, which were selected for hardiness - from the highest elevations of Pakistan:
'Karl Fuchs'
'Polar Winter'
'Eisregen'
'Eiswinter'
'Kashmir'
'Shalimar'

And stick with the first (3) on that list as your choices. Gee Farms is growing all three of those successfully. They might be hardier. I'm including the full list for others. They're known as the hardy Karl Fuchs selections.

Best Regards,

Dax

Looks great! And thanks for the list.

Yeh Yeh, Dax.

I was afraid you would tell me that. But it is all good, because today I discovered the cosmic outstanding-ness that is the Umbrella Pine.

That soothes me.

Nice plant, looks like a good mail-order specimen.

'Karl Fuchs' is a great plant, if I were going to plant one full sized Deodar, it would certainly be on the list of contenders. The blue color and weeping form are quite desirable. Nice addition!

Alex

I thank you Alex.

Plant a tree and it will rain. It's pouring!

Dax

Hey Dax, i'm sure you probably already posted about it at some point, but did this cedar survive last winter?

Although we are a zone warmer than DAX we had a pretty brutal winter in the Ohio River valley. My Eisregen made it through without skipping a beat. There was not even any foliage discoloration.

I am aware of six other Eisregens within an hour's drive of Cincinnati that performed the same.

Karl Fuchs on the other hand did not fare that well. The arboretum in Boone County Kentucky kept a close eye on theirs as to how it compared to Eisregen. Fuchs lived, but looked like it wasn't sure it wanted to.

Fuchs lived, but looked like it wasn't sure it wanted to.

==>>> sounds like me.. lol ...

many plants that did this for me.. generally ... of all types ..... over the years ...

died the next winter ... regardless of how mild #2 might be ...

its like they had the will to live.. survive... but just said.. oh the hell with it.. winter #2 ...

perhaps there was significant root mass damage ... and it had enough stored energy.. to APPEAR to live the next year ... but also with leave damage ... it just couldnt make and store.. enough energy.. for the next dormant season ... pure speculation ..... i think thats a long way of saying.. it lacked vigor .....

which would be bring full circle to me.. i lacked all vigor .. this year.. in the garden ... i also blame last winter ...

ken

Nope, hairmetal, it croaked.

Dax