🌲 Elevate Your Outdoors with Southern Red Cedar!
The Southern Red Cedar (Juniperus Virginiana Silicicola) is a fast-growing evergreen tree that reaches heights of up to 40 feet. Known for its feathery emerald foliage and aromatic wood, it thrives in full sun to partial shade and is drought-tolerant once established. This hardy tree is perfect for creating privacy screens, windbreaks, or simply enhancing your landscape with minimal maintenance.
| Color | Green |
| Number of Pieces | 1 |
| Product Care Instructions | The Southern Red Cedar thrives in full sun or partial shade and prefers well-drained soil, tolerating a range from sandy to clay. It's drought-resistant once established, requiring minimal watering. Regular pruning isn't necessary, but if desired, do so in late winter. Protect young trees from extreme cold. Fertilize in early spring with a balanced fertilizer to promote healthy growth. |
| Material Features | Tree |
| Expected Planting Period | Year-Round |
| Soil Type | Sandy Soil |
| Moisture Needs | Drought Tolerant Once Established |
| Expected Plant Height | 40 Feet |
| Expected Blooming Period | The Southern Red Cedar does not have a traditional bloom period in the way flowering plants do. Instead, as a coniferous evergreen, it produces seed cones. These cones generally mature in a single season. |
| Sunlight Exposure | Full Sun to Part Shade |
| Indoor Outdoor Usage | Outdoor |
| Additional Features | The Southern Red Cedar known botanically as Juniperus virginiana var silicicola stands out with its aromatic wood and foliage and attractive reddish-brown bark It adapts well to various soils and is drought tolerant making it ideal for xeriscaping This tree is also valued for providing wildlife habitat and serving as an effective windbreak or privacy screen Notably resistant to cedar apple rust it is used ornamentally and for its wood in cedar chests and closet linings. |
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