Melinda Myers

Eastern Redcedar

Botanical Name

Juniperus virginiana

Hardiness

Zones 3b to 9

Height

Up to 50 feet

Width

8 to 20 feet

Flowers

Dioecious, some monoecious, not ornamentally important

Fruit

Fleshy cone, blue with a whitish bloom

Light

Full sun

Soil

Moist, well-drained

Planting & Care

• Transplant balled and burlap
• Tolerates a wide range of situations including salt

Problems

Cedar-apple rust, bagworm

Varieties

• Hillspire - male, pyramidal, maintains green foliage in winter
• Burkii'- male, blue-green foliage is tinged with purple in winter, 20'
• Grey Owl - low spreading, 18"x3-6', silver-blue foliage