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*Eastern red cedar gets to 50' tall [https://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/recreation/services/4%20Eastern%20Red%20Cedar%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf] | *Eastern red cedar gets to 50' tall [https://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/recreation/services/4%20Eastern%20Red%20Cedar%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf] | ||
*World champion tree is 75 feet wide [https://vanishingsouthgeorgia.com/2018/09/01/national-champion-eastern-red-cedar-coffee-county/] | *World champion tree is 75 feet wide [https://vanishingsouthgeorgia.com/2018/09/01/national-champion-eastern-red-cedar-coffee-county/] | ||
*Cultivars- Cultivars include: ‘Burkii’ - pyramidal, blue | |||
foliage, 15 to 25 feet tall; ‘Canaertii’ - compact, | |||
pyramidal, good fruit production, fairly common in | |||
Texas; ‘Hillspire’ - (cupressifolia) - good green color; | |||
‘Elegantissima’ - Goldtip Redcedar - branchlets with | |||
yellow tips, less than 20 feet tall; ‘Filifera’ - | |||
pyramidal, branchlets divided, foliage gray green; | |||
‘Glauca’ - Silver Redcedar - narrow, columnar, 15 to | |||
20 feet tall, silvery blue foliage especially in spring; | |||
‘Ketlerii’ is commonly available in the mid-west, is | |||
more open with spaces between branches at the top of | |||
the tree, pyramidal; ‘Manhattan Blue’ - compact, 20 | |||
feet tall, pyramidal, foliage bluish green; ‘Pendula’ - | |||
Weeping Redcedar - branchlets pendulous, to 40 feet | |||
tall; ‘Pyramidalis Dundee’ - pyramidal, purplish green | |||
in winter; ‘Skyrocket’ - silver-blue foliage, narrow | |||
columnar form. | |||
Revision as of 20:09, 13 November 2021
- Habitat range - [1]
- Used for fenceposts and fences, shingles, cabinets.
- Used as live fence, shelterbetls
- Robust for dry, heat, cold, soil conditions
- 230x spread over 40 years [2]
- Gets only to 35 feet tall [3]*
- Eastern red cedar gets to 50' tall [4]
- World champion tree is 75 feet wide [5]
- Cultivars- Cultivars include: ‘Burkii’ - pyramidal, blue
foliage, 15 to 25 feet tall; ‘Canaertii’ - compact, pyramidal, good fruit production, fairly common in Texas; ‘Hillspire’ - (cupressifolia) - good green color; ‘Elegantissima’ - Goldtip Redcedar - branchlets with yellow tips, less than 20 feet tall; ‘Filifera’ - pyramidal, branchlets divided, foliage gray green; ‘Glauca’ - Silver Redcedar - narrow, columnar, 15 to 20 feet tall, silvery blue foliage especially in spring; ‘Ketlerii’ is commonly available in the mid-west, is more open with spaces between branches at the top of the tree, pyramidal; ‘Manhattan Blue’ - compact, 20 feet tall, pyramidal, foliage bluish green; ‘Pendula’ - Weeping Redcedar - branchlets pendulous, to 40 feet tall; ‘Pyramidalis Dundee’ - pyramidal, purplish green in winter; ‘Skyrocket’ - silver-blue foliage, narrow columnar form.