Taylor Eastern red cedar is a tall narrow cultivar tree in the Cupressaceae (cypress) family. This tree will grow 20-25 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide with attractive blue-green foliage. Taylor cedar is an adaptable tree that tolerates poor conditions in full to partial sun. The only thing that it doesn't tolerate is wet soil. Do not give this tree much fertilizer or plant in humus-rich soil. It is drought-tolerant, deer-resistant and poor soils tolerant. Use as a screen or as an accent along a driveway or at entrances. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Typically problem-free but Cedar apple rust can occur. See the "Pests of Conifers" fact sheet to the left. The Clemson Cooperative Extension Home and Garden Information Center has a factsheet on common juniper diseases and insect pests. VIDEO created by Andy Pulte for “Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee. More information on Juniperus virginiana .
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.