red cedar
Juniperus virginiana
USDA zones2 to 9
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles dry to wet soil
Size30 to 65 feet tall8 to 25 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom color
- Non-flowering
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Circumneutral (pH 6.8-7.2)
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) is a tree for specimen planting, hedges, privacy screens, and winter interest. It is hardy to USDA zone 2, or down to -50°F (-46°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to wet soil of most types. Its fragrant evergreen foliage is scale-like, and the pale blue fruits on female plants feed many birds and small mammals. Deer tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Paper birch, Arrowwood viburnum, and Red fescue.
Native range
Eastern North America.