Cedrus atlantica 'Green Wave' is a dwarf, flat, spreading selection of Atlas cedar with attractive, well-behaved symmetrical branching and species-typical blue-green foliage. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 12 to 18 inches (30 - 45 cm) tall and 6 to 8 feet (2 - 2.5 m) wide, an annual growth rate of 4 to 6 inches (10 - 15 cm), significantly more outward than up.
This cultivar originated as a witch's broom found on a 100-year-old Cedrus atlantica specimen at the Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Even though it's pretty scarce in the nursery trade, 'Green Wave' is considered by many to be one of the more architecturally pleasing of the prostrate cedar cultivars.
