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Audubon Native Eastern Red Cedar and native birds
Native Eastern Red Cedar foliage
Native Regions map for Eastern Red Cedar
American Robin
Yellow Rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Audubon Native Eastern Red Cedar and native birds
Native Eastern Red Cedar foliage
Native Regions map for Eastern Red Cedar
American Robin
Yellow Rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal

FEATURES: 

  • May Benefit & Attract: Waxwings, mockingbirds & thrashers, thrushes, grosbeaks, and finches
  • The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. 
  • This bird-friendly native trees provides food and shelter for local and migrating birds and other wildlife 
  • All Audubon® branded trees are grown 100% Neonic-free by Bower & Branch, making these plants safer for the birds and safer for the environment. 
  • Hand Selected, Fresh from the Grower 
  • Size A and larger - Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box

 

Growth Facts

  • Hardiness Zone: 2-9
  • Mature Height: 40-50' tall
  • Mature Width: 8-20' wide
  • Exposure: Full Sun
  • Spacing: 15-20' apart

Audubon® Native Eastern Red Cedar

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Audubon® Plants for Birds: Juniperus virginiana

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FEATURES: 

  • May Benefit & Attract: Waxwings, mockingbirds & thrashers, thrushes, grosbeaks, and finches
  • The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. 
  • This bird-friendly native trees provides food and shelter for local and migrating birds and other wildlife 
  • All Audubon® branded trees are grown 100% Neonic-free by Bower & Branch, making these plants safer for the birds and safer for the environment. 
  • Hand Selected, Fresh from the Grower 
  • Size A and larger - Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box

 

Growth Facts

  • Hardiness Zone: 2-9
  • Mature Height: 40-50' tall
  • Mature Width: 8-20' wide
  • Exposure: Full Sun
  • Spacing: 15-20' apart

Why plant Audubon® Native Eastern Red Cedar?

One of the very best trees for bird-lovers! With its craggy branches and evergreen foliage, Eastern Red Cedar provides a beautiful safe haven for birds. Cardinals, robins, Song Sparrows, warblers, and mockingbirds may nest in its branches, and many other birds take temporary refuge in it from the elements and from predators. In fall, songbirds flock to it for another reason—female trees bear silvery-blue berries that birds devour. The Cedar Waxwing is such a fan of them that it takes its name from this tree! Mockingbirds, catbirds, robins, bluebirds, grosbeaks, and Purple Finches are also drawn to the nourishing fruits.

The Eastern Red Cedar Tree has been bringing welcome greenery to the winter landscape of what is now the midwestern and eastern U.S. for thousands of years. It is native from South Dakota to Florida. Pioneers appreciated Red Cedar for its rot-resistant wood and often used it to make long-lasting fence posts and shingles. The fragrant lumber has also been a favorite for lining closets and chests of drawers. For a hundred years, the heartwood of this tree was forged into pencils, until all of the choice timber was used up, and pencil manufactures turned to the California Incense Cedar to replace it.

How to use Audubon® Native Eastern Red Cedar in the landscape?

Another creature that Eastern Red Cedar supports is the olive Juniper Hairstreak butterfly. You wouldn’t think caterpillars would eat the prickly foliage of Red Cedar (a.k.a. Juniper), but that’s what this species requires. The butterflies have a shimmery green cast to their wings and are quite beautiful. They’re rarely seen far from their host plant.

Audubon® Native Plants & Trees

Audubon is devoted to protecting birds and the places they need, while Bower & Branch is devoted to the growth of true native trees and plants–no cultivars or hybrids. Together, we strive to unite communities in conservation and inspire individuals to cultivate a better world for birds starting in their own backyards, balconies, or patios. By guiding and recommending trees and plants truly native and beneficial to your region, we can really start to make a difference.

What is the definition of Native?

“In the United States, a native plant is defined as one that was naturally found in a particular area before European colonization. Native plants are the foundation of a region’s biodiversity, providing essential food sources and shelter for birds, especially those threatened by the changing climate. Since native plants are adapted to local precipitation and soil conditions, they generally require less upkeep, therefore helping the environment and saving you time, water, and money.” – The National Audubon Society

Learn how you can help birds in your home and community through Audubon’s Plants for Birds program.

Audubon® is a licensed and registered trademark of the National Audubon Society. All rights reserved.

Planting Zones

Hardiness Zone: 2-9

How To Plant Audubon® Native Eastern Red Cedar

Eastern Red Cedar is easy to please, and even novice gardeners will have success with it. Once established in the landscape, this durable tree endures extremes of heat and cold and periods of drought. It is suitable for soils that are rocky, clay-based (as long as they drain well), acid, or alkaline. Deer leave it alone, and air pollution doesn’t faze it. The only things it doesn’t care for are wet soil and shade. Red Cedar may serve as an alternate host to a disease called Cedar-Apple rust, a problem in Apple orchards among some varieties of Apples that aren’t resistant to it. The disease does little harm to the Cedar Tree and primarily only cosmetic damage to the Apple.

How To Fertilize

Incorporate Elements Starter Plant food granular form into the soil when planting. If planting in spring or summer, start fertilizing late fall using Elements Starter Plant food granular form on an annual basis each late fall. Continue this for the first three years to get your plant well established.

How Does Shipping Work?

Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our large trees require expert delivery and care, that means our large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care.

We deliver your trees and plants directly to your driveway or curbside! Ask Bower & Branch about planting services and rates – we'd be happy to assist in installation.

*Big trees, Size XL (A) and bigger, will take approximately 2 to 4 weeks days to be delivered. - Sizes large (AA) and smaller (Treelings) will be shipped directly to your home by a local common carrier in a plant-safe box.

How Does Sizing Work?

The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health.. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)

Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.

All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!

See the size guides below.

How Trees are Shipped
Size 4XL D Trees Size 3XL C Trees Size 2XL B Trees Size XL A Trees Size LARGE AA Trees

Our Guarantees

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Bower & Branch offers a Three-Year Tree Guarantee on all of our trees, sizes X-Large and up. Only the finest and the most experienced growers are awarded the opportunity to grow for Bower & Branch, so we offer the best guarantee available.

If your tree(s) should fail for any reason during the three-year guarantee period, you will receive an online gift card in the amount that you originally spent on the tree.* You can then use this online gift card for any Bower & Branch Purchase.

* Bower & Branch provides online gift cards in the amount of the original purchase price of the tree(s). The amount does not include any additional costs such as delivery, planting, tax, or any other products or services. Online gift cards can be applied towards any Bower & Branch purchase on BowerandBranch.com and have no expiration dates. Bower & Branch does not guarantee tree replacement or availability of any desired product at any time. Cash refunds are not offered. Bower & Branch requires that all original tags and receipts are present when a guarantee request is initiated. The Bower & Branch Three-Year Guarantee only applies to plant material that has been planted in the ground. Container plantings are NOT covered.

At Bower & Branch, we do our best to honor all guarantee fulfillment requests to ensure customer satisfaction. However, we reserve the right to refuse the request if the required guarantee steps were not satisfied. Bower & Branch also reserves the right to deny any guarantee fulfillment request that is made as a result of animal damage, problems with plant hardiness and zone issues, or acts of nature (snow storms, hurricanes, and similar).

 

Reach out to a Plant Whisperer with any questions:

- Email: plantwhisperers@bowerandbranch.com

- Phone: 866-873-3888

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