Adress
Parc Tenreuken
Watermael-Boitsfort
GPS coordinates :
50.8054
, 4.4272
Partner :
Identity
Latin name :
Cedrus libani
French name :
Cèdre du Liban
Dutch name :
Libanonceder
English name :
Cedar of Lebanon
Family :
Pinaceae
Height :
-
Targeted height :
This species can grow up to 40 m
Diameter of the crown :
-
Trunk circumference :
-
Expected circumference :
700 cm
Expected longevity :
Can live for 300–500 years
Origin / Indigenous
North Africa, Asia Minor
Favorite soil :
Well drained soils
Favorite climate
Sensitive to frost in the early years
Collection of the Belgian Federal State on permanent loan to the Meise Botanical Garden: Mouillefert, Traité des arbres et arbrissaux, Atlas, pl. 27ter, 1892-1898
Features and characters of the individual
(English translation in progress) Visiting Brussels in the autumn of 2018, Simeon Colin, a French painter and designer, meets this cedar of Lebanon. The tree touches him, moves him: "My cedar in Brussels: Even defeated, his shape remains strong but confused as well. Calm, surrendered, branches bent over. This individual has assimilated everything. He is calm after the wind."
