Spring Shipping Season

All orders placed will be shipped during our Spring shipping season. All trees will be shipped bare root and dormant.

Spring Season shipping schedule:

Plant Zones 9-8: Late January-February
Plant Zones 8-7: February-March
Plant Zones 6-5: April–earlyMay

 For more information see the Ordering & Shipping section below.

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The Eastern Red Cedar is a hearty, evergreen tree with multiple functions on a property or food plot. Most importantly, the Red Cedar provides excellent thermal cover. The density of the tree creates superb windbreak; Whitetail are known to bed on the leeward side of cedar thickets, particularly on south or southwest facing slopes during winter. The Red Cedar provides cover for not only deer, but for 70+ species of bird, game bird, and wildlife. Habitat is more than nutrition, proper cover and nesting will sustain larger and healthier populations of deer or wildlife on your property.

Whitetail enjoy the young twigs and leaves of Red Cedar as browse. It should be noted that while they enjoy it for browse, Red Cedar should not be the primary food source for deer. The tree produces heaps of small, blue, fruit covered seeds. These berry-like cones provide a significant food source for songbird, ground bird, foxes, rabbits, and small mammals.

Red Cedar are fast growing and can survive low temperature, high temperature, and drought. Cedars will naturally spread over time. As such, windbreak cedar thickets must be maintained for size and thickness. As a windbreak thicket ages, overcrowding may occur and cedars will drop their lower limbs, damaging the ability to windbreak. Thin the thicket over time to preserve the windbreak.

Height	30' - 50'
Spread	8' - 20'
Tree Form	Modified Leader
USDA Zone	2 - 9
Blooms	Spring
Drops Fruit or Nuts	Fall
Soil	Loamy, moist, rich, sandy, silty loam, well-drained and clay soils.
Soil pH	4.7 - 7.8
Light requirements	Full-sun