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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, bluefoliage, 15 to 25 feet tall; ‘Canaertii’ - compact,pyramidal, good fruit production, fairly common inTexas; ‘Hillspire’ - (cupressifolia) - good green color;‘Elegantissima’ - Goldtip Redcedar - branchlets withyellow tips, less than 20 feet tall; ‘Filifera’ -pyramidal, branchlets divided, foliage gray green;‘Glauca’ - Silver Redcedar - narrow, columnar, 15 to20 feet tall, silvery blue foliage especially in spring;‘Ketlerii’ is commonly available in the mid-west, ismore open with spaces between branches at the top ofthe tree, pyramidal; ‘Manhattan Blue’ - compact, 20feet tall, pyramidal, foliage bluish green; ‘Pendula’ -Weeping Redcedar - branchlets pendulous, to 40 feet tall; ‘Pyramidalis Dundee’ - pyramidal, purplish greenin winter; ‘Skyrocket’ - silver-blue foliage, narrow columnar form. 'Reptans' - [https://conifersociety.org/conifers/juniperus-virginiana-reptans/] | *Cultivars- Cultivars include: ‘Burkii’ - pyramidal, bluefoliage, 15 to 25 feet tall; ‘Canaertii’ - compact,pyramidal, good fruit production, fairly common inTexas; ‘Hillspire’ - (cupressifolia) - good green color;‘Elegantissima’ - Goldtip Redcedar - branchlets withyellow tips, less than 20 feet tall; ‘Filifera’ -pyramidal, branchlets divided, foliage gray green;‘Glauca’ - Silver Redcedar - narrow, columnar, 15 to20 feet tall, silvery blue foliage especially in spring;‘Ketlerii’ is commonly available in the mid-west, ismore open with spaces between branches at the top ofthe tree, pyramidal; ‘Manhattan Blue’ - compact, 20feet tall, pyramidal, foliage bluish green; ‘Pendula’ -Weeping Redcedar - branchlets pendulous, to 40 feet tall [https://servescape.net/products/juniperus-virginiana-pendula-br-weeping-redcedar]; ‘Pyramidalis Dundee’ - pyramidal, purplish greenin winter; ‘Skyrocket’ - silver-blue foliage, narrow columnar form. 'Reptans' - [https://conifersociety.org/conifers/juniperus-virginiana-reptans/] | ||
Revision as of 20:12, 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, bluefoliage, 15 to 25 feet tall; ‘Canaertii’ - compact,pyramidal, good fruit production, fairly common inTexas; ‘Hillspire’ - (cupressifolia) - good green color;‘Elegantissima’ - Goldtip Redcedar - branchlets withyellow tips, less than 20 feet tall; ‘Filifera’ -pyramidal, branchlets divided, foliage gray green;‘Glauca’ - Silver Redcedar - narrow, columnar, 15 to20 feet tall, silvery blue foliage especially in spring;‘Ketlerii’ is commonly available in the mid-west, ismore open with spaces between branches at the top ofthe tree, pyramidal; ‘Manhattan Blue’ - compact, 20feet tall, pyramidal, foliage bluish green; ‘Pendula’ -Weeping Redcedar - branchlets pendulous, to 40 feet tall [6]; ‘Pyramidalis Dundee’ - pyramidal, purplish greenin winter; ‘Skyrocket’ - silver-blue foliage, narrow columnar form. 'Reptans' - [7]