Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar, Cedrus atlantica "Glauca Pendula"

Mature female (seed-bearing) Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica) cone, collected from one of several blue weeping specimens in Utah. Each cone has roughly 40 seeds, though it varies from cone to cone. (Note--the size of the cone does not necessarily correlate with the number of seeds.) This listing is for one cone. The cones are partially dried and unopened. I sell the entire cone, rather than individual seeds, because while the seeds are in a sealed cone, they're viable nearly indefinitely. Outside of the cone, they'll last maybe a couple of months. The cones are difficult to open. In nature, they require cycles of drying, getting wet, freezing, and thawing to open. I've found that soaking them in warm water for 36-48 hours and snapping them in half with two large pliers does the trick. I don't recommend sawing, drilling, or smashing them with a hammer. I've tried all those methods. Not pretty. The seeds require a period of cold stratification. You can put them in your refrigerator for a couple months, or plant them in the fall or winter. Personally, I put them in seed trays that I leave outside all winter. Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar trees that are mature enough to produce seeds are rare, and seeds of this particular cultivar are next to impossible to source. I love these trees and got amazingly lucky this season. As much as I'd like to, I can't possibly keep all these seeds. Note: the seeds may not grow true to form. A percentage will take the mother's blue weeping form, but you'll likely get some standard green upright atlas cedars, or maybe even blue upright atlas cedars. Possibly a green weeping cedar. Not that that's a problem--those are also beautiful trees.