Any idea what location it is? The reason they look eccentric is probably due to snow breakage events. Old cedars in the wild are similarly eccentric.

Deodar � Lebanon hybrids have not (as far as I know) been verified, but likely exist; they'd be tricky to determine accurately, and would need DNA analysis for verification.

Resin

Hampshire, UK (Highclere Castle). It does snow there.

Here is a link that might be useful: Form and Foliage

Ah Davidrt, I've been eying those ever since me and the Mrs. started watching Downton! Great-looking trees, whatever the ID outcome. The series ain't bad either.

+oM

Thanks for the location! Found a higher resolution pic {{gwi:643581}}, they look more typically Cedrus libani there.

Resin

Resin's link didn't work for me but maybe this one will:

Dax

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:643581}}

Dax's doesn't either! But (I hope!!) {{gwi:643581}} will.

Resin

Odd . . . the GW software strips out part of the URL. Copy and paste this into the browser:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highclere_Castle_%28April_2011%29_2.jpg

Resin

Drat! Still strips it out!

See if this works:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highclere_Castle_(April_2011)_2.jpg

And experimental {{gwi:643582}}:

Resin

Success - that last link works

Resin

Thanks for all the trouble Resin. I still think there's something peculiar looking about the one on the left. They are both beautiful.

Those two are Cedrus libani and were apparently planted in the mid 18th century from seed collected in Lebanon.
I don't know how accurate the lineage is b/c they have a Bishop Stephen Pococke as the collector but the dear Bishop probably would have been Richard Pococke. He is noted for having spent more time in the first half of the 18th century traveling (a lot at the east end of the Mediterranean) than ministering.

So ~250 years old?