How to Landscape With Blue Atlas Cedar Trees

Plant a Blue Atlas cedar at the edge of a large front yard to frame and balance the view of your home from the street, increasing curb appeal. Set the tree far enough inside your property line -- at least 40 feet -- to avoid interference with sidewalks, alleys and driveways when it reaches maturity. Weeping Blue Atlas, with a mature spread of 20 feet, may be placed closer to boundaries.

Place a single Blue Atlas cedar in the backyard as a specimen tree to draw the eye across long, wide lawn and garden areas. Position the tree where it will be protected from high gusts of wind, which can break its branches. In urban and suburban settings, surrounding houses and other structures serve as a natural windbreak. For more open areas, place the tree where a hillside or wind-row of other taller trees offers protection.

Incorporate weeping Blue Atlas cedar into an entryway design. Pair the blue-toned, cascading tree with complementary-colored perennials, spring-blooming bulbs and deciduous shrubs that have rich autumn colors. Orient the direction of the tree's drooping branches parallel to the entry garden's side boundary to allow room for additional plants without crowding the Blue Atlas's form.

Create a light, airy screen with a weeping Blue Atlas cedar by placing it near a porch or the patio, where its drooping branches interrupt prying eyes without completely blocking the view. Plant one or more of the silvery-blue-toned trees near an brick wall or stone fence, where the flowing branches soften the visual impact of a structure's hard surfaces.