Garden Goods Direct Eastern Red Cedar Trees

Eastern Red Cedar Trees or Juniperus virginiana are large, dense, native evergreen trees that are generally seen throughout the eastern United States. Eastern Red Cedar is indigenous to most of the eastern seaboard and midwest, which means it is ideally suited for most growing conditions and areas.

The Red Cedar’s foliage is dark blue to green and turns bronze in the winter. Female Eastern Red Cedar Trees produce an abundance of grayish green berries that are eaten by birds and other wildlife.

In addition to their vibrant foliage, Eastern Red Cedar have a high salt tolerance and can handle just about any soil type so they are safe to be planted by a road where salt is used in the winter.

Historically, Eastern Red Cedar trees were commonly used to make furniture and fences because it was an easy wood to work with and has superior weathering ability. Today these trees are most commonly used as a native privacy screening tree or as landscape windbreak.