Origin: England. Variety of Cedrus deodora, from which it keeps the flexuous shape, softened by the golden needles which enhance its elegance. Needles are the same size as C. deoda...

Origin: United States. Variety of the above, but has different coloured leaves – a very deep red in springtime, paler in the hotter months.

Shrub or small deciduous tree, densely branched. Rounded leaves, shiny, leathery, up to 12 cm long, deep green, yellow in autumn. Flowers before the leaves in dark purple-pink bunc...

Large, dark green leaves with thorns tapered around the edges, and with a large, hard thorn at the tip.

Leaves edged in yellow.

Pale green leaves with a central, white groove.

Glaucous green leaves.

Grey-green leaves with blue highlights, very prickly edges.

Large grey leaves. Very frost-resistant. Withstands temperatures of -15°C.

Large silver-green leaves.

Leaves greyish-green. Forms a nest shape. Very prickly edges.

Leaves greyish-green. The most resistant to cold. Withstands sporadic drops in temperature down to -20°C.

Leaves silver-blue.

Leaves have yellow margins.

Large leaves, greyish-green. More resistant to cold than varieties described on the previous page.