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50 Eastern Red Cedar Seeds - Seed World
50 Eastern Red Cedar Seeds - Seed World
50 Eastern Red Cedar Seeds - Seed World
50 Eastern Red Cedar Seeds - Seed World

50 Eastern Red Cedar Seeds

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Eastern Red Cedar is an evergreen conifer that grows 40 to 80 feet in height with a trunk up to feet in diameter. This aromatic tree often has a symmetrical, pyramidal shape and has thin, fibrous, reddish-brown bark. The trunk is noticeably tapered, often becoming fluted at the base.

Fragrant, scale-like foliage can be coarse or fine-cut, and varies in color from gray-green to blue-green to light- or dark-green. All colors tend to brown in winter. 

  • Zone: 2 to 9
  • Growth Rate: Moderate to Rapid
  • Plant Type: Needled evergreen conifer
  • Family: Cupressaceae (Cypress Family)
  • Native Range: east and central North America
    Height: 40 to 80 feet
    Spread: 8 to 15 feet
    Shape: Upright; densely pyramidal; becomes irregular and slightly pendulous with age.
  • Height: 40 to 80 feet
  • Spread: 8 to 15 feet
  • Shape: Upright; densely pyramidal; becomes irregular and slightly pendulous with age.
  • Bloom Time: Late Winter
  • Sun: Full Sun
  • Fall Color: Evergreen
  • Drought Tolerance: High
  • Water: Low
  • Maintenance: Low
  • Site Requirements/ Soil Tolerances: Tolerant of most conditions.
  • Culture: Pruning depends upon desired form. Easy to transplant.
  • Uses: Landscape specimen, garden accent, screen, Bonsai, mass plantings, groupings, windbreaks, foundation plantings, wood used for cedar products, fence posts, difficult sites.
  • Leaf: Evergreen, very small, with two types of leaves (often on the same tree), scale-like leaves 1/16 inch long, dark green, with 4 sides held tightly to twig and longer (1/4 inch), dark blue-green needle-like leaves that are more common on young trees and fast growing shoots.
  • Flower: Dioecious; but occasionally monoecious; males are small, yellow-brown, occurring in large groups; females are light blue-green.
  • Berry-like cones, light green in spring, turning dark blue and glaucous at maturity, about 1/4 inch in diameter, appearing in spring and maturing in the fall.
  • Twig: Green for several years, covered in scales, later turning brown.
  • Bark: Red-brown in color, exfoliating in long, fibrous strips, often ashy gray where exposed.
  • Form: A small tree with a dense ovoid or columnar crown reaching up to 80 feet tall.

Quantity: 30 Seeds

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