Red Cedar Juniper Seeds (Certified Organic)

Native to eastern North America, from Canada to Florida. It typically occurs on limestone bluffs and glades, wood margins, fields, pastures, and fence rows. It is a broadly conical, sometimes columnar, dense, evergreen conifer with horizontal branching that typically grows 30-65’ tall. Gray to reddish-brown bark exfoliates in thin shreddy strips on mature trees. Trunks are often fluted at the base. Heartwood is light brown and aromatic and is commonly used for cedar chests. Dark blue green scale-like foliage. Foliage may turn brown-green in winter. Cultivars of this species often retain better foliage color in winter. This is a dioecious species (separate male and female trees). Female trees produce round, gray to blackish-green berry-like cones (1/4” diameter) that ripen in fall the first year. Berry-like cones are attractive to many birds. Easily grown in average, dry to moist, well-drained soils in full sun. The berries are used to make gin. The heartwood is light brown and aromatic, contrasted with the white sapwood, and is commonly used for cedar chests. It is used to make pencils and so it is also called pencil cedar. Wood is also often used to make fence posts and rails as it is naturally rot-resistant. It also repels insects, lending to its appeal for use in clothing storage and pet bedding.

Michigan Seeds and Plants grown on our farm, Renegade Acres, in Howell, MI!

Certified Organic by Oregon Tilth.