Eastern red cedar tree

Juniperus virginiana ‘Taylor’ | Juniperus virginiana 'Taylor' is an upright columnar form and possibly the narrowest of the eastern red cedars. Discovered in Taylor, Nebraska as a chance seedling, this selection makes a great screen for tight spaces as well as a dramatic vertical element to any sunny landscape. A great substitute for Italian Cypress when designers need a narrow, vertical evergreen. Exceptional cold hardiness, but thrives in the UGA trial garden just north of the Florida…

Have you ever looked up into the boughs of an eastern red cedar in the early fall? It is alive with birds. Robins, mockingbirds, cedar wax wings, juncos, and other smaller birds will be feasting on the abundant fruits of this tree.

One of our favorite trees, the Eastern Red Cedar is an amazing native evergreen that is AMAZING for attracting birds. Let me show you how and why to grow them!

With the leaves gone off trees, all the characteristics of our evergreen trees really come out. One of the most distinctive is our native red cedar, juniperus virginiana; it is very common in our fields and roadsides here in Delmarva.

Learn to identify an Eastern red cedar.

From Gene Logsdon Garden Farm Skills As with the New York Yankees, country people either love red cedars or hate them. One side says that red cedar is a fast-spreading weed tree and is a host for a disease harmful to apple trees. The other side maintains that red cedar is an attractive windbreak tree…

Though many view Eastern Red Cedars, (Juniperus virginiana), as weeds in abandoned sites, we love the native Cedar for its sturdy evergreen structure in the landscape. In our native plant landscape designs, here at The Natural Garden we use Red Cedars as a dense native hedge or scattered in groups in savanna and meadow plantings. As…

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Common Name: Eastern Red Cedar Scientific Name: Juniperus virginiana Favorite Hobby: Helping birds survive the winter There is not much green in the winter landscape of the Great Plains. In fact Kansas has only one native evergreen tree. It is called the Eastern Red Cedar. All other native trees in Kansas lose their foliage in…

The cedar tree is known for its rich symbolism and cultural significance. It is important to discuss the types of cedar trees and how they are different from each other.

Eastern red cedar tree pruning is key to maintaining a pleasing appearance. Remove competing branches and make cuts to shape the tree into a pyramid shape.

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Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana). The eastern red cedar is actually a type of juniper tree, native to the east coast of North America. Other common names for this faux cedar are ‘pencil cedar,’ ‘aromatic cedar,’ and Virginian juniper. These juniper species are hardy trees that can withstand hard conditions, including periods of drought. In some growing conditions, the eastern red cedar never grows taller than a small shrub-like evergreen tree. However, under ideal conditions, this…

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The eastern redcedar -- is it a "weed" or a valuable native tree?

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