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Nursery Direct
Cedar of Lebanon
Cedrus libani
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 100Ltypically 2.5 to 3.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Cedar of Lebanon - Cedrus libani
Few conifers hold a landscape the way Cedrus libani does. It begins as a narrow pyramid and, over decades, rearranges itself into the flat tiered plateaus of branching that make old specimens recognisable from a distance. It is chosen over faster conifers precisely because it is not fast: this is a tree planted for the silhouette it will hold in fifty years, on rural blocks, estate entrances and memorial grounds where there is room for it to finish the job.
Why Cedar of Lebanon
Tiered Architecture: Mature trees develop horizontal plates of foliage separated by open air, giving a layered profile no other cool climate conifer matches.
Longevity: Properly sited on deep, drained ground it is a multi generational tree rather than a twenty year planting.
Dry Summer Tolerance: Once the root plate is out it copes with hot dry Australian summers far better than spruce or fir.
Cold Hardiness: Comfortable with heavy frost and snow, which makes it reliable in the tablelands, alpine fringes and Tasmania.
Trunk Character: The bole thickens early and the dark fissured bark becomes a feature in its own right.
Ideal Applications
Rural Entrance Statement: Planted singly at a gateway it gives a property a fixed landmark visible from the road.
Parkland and Civic Grounds: Suits broad open lawn where the lower limbs can sweep to ground level uninterrupted.
Memorial and Heritage Planting: A traditional choice for commemorative grounds because of its scale and lifespan.
Cool Climate Estate Garden: Works as the anchor of a large mixed conifer planting in the Adelaide Hills, Southern Highlands, Canberra and central Victoria.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): Not a screening tree. In a grouped stand allow 10 to 14m between trunks.
Spacing (feature/avenue): 12 to 18m, and keep at least 10m clear of buildings, paving and septic lines
Best Planting Season: Autumn through to early spring, avoiding the peak of summer heat
Soil & Drainage: Deep, free draining loam or gravelly soil. Tolerates alkaline and limestone ground but will decline on heavy wet clay or anywhere water sits in winter.
Establishment Care: Water deeply but infrequently through the first two summers, encouraging roots to chase moisture down rather than sideways. Mulch to the drip line with coarse bark, keep the collar clear, and stake only until the trunk can stand alone.
Plant Details
Height: 15 to 25m in cultivation, taller on very old trees
Width: 10 to 18m
Growth Rate: Slow
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun, open aspect
Native to: Mountains of Lebanon, western Syria and southern Turkey
Flower Colour: Insignificant, reproduces by upright barrel shaped cones
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







