SN Fast-Growing Privacy Trees Cedar – Eastern Red

The eastern red cedar tree is a common sight throughout most of the plains states and eastern United States due to it’s versatility and cold hardiness, capable of growing in zones 2-9. It can be found on road cuts, in fence rows and scattered across abandoned fields—especially where limestone soils are present. It is an aromatic tree, with reddish wood giving off the scent of cedar chests and crushed fruit providing a whiff of the gin they once flavored. 

Thanks to its tolerance of heat, salt, a wide range of soils and other adverse conditions, the eastern redcedar can be put to good use on the farm in windbreaks and in city landscapes for hedges, screens, clumps or even as specimen trees.

This is a shade tree, featuring a spreading canopy capable of blocking sunlight. It grows to a height of 40–50′ and a spread of 8–20′ at maturity. 

USDA ZONES:  Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9.