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Name: Eastern Red CedarScientific Name: Juniperus virginianazone:2 to 9plant height: 30-65 feetlight requirements: full sunsoil & water preferences: grows well in well-drained soils. Growing Instructions:1. Scarification: soak in water for 24hours2. stratification: cold stratify for 90-120 days3. germination: sow seed 2/8″ deep There is no tracking number for economy shipping. Economy shipping order usually takes 1-2 weeks to arrive depending on the State you live. If you want tracking number (USPS first class package), shipping fee will be $3.25. If you want seeds to arrive faster and have tracking, it is HIGHLY recommended to choose first class package which cost 3.25$. In order to select first class package shipping, you need to be in the checkout page, once you are in the checkout page, please select USPS first class. If you buy 3 items or more, tracking number will be provided free of charge Note* if seeds are broken upon arrival please take a picture and send me a message.

I’m selling over 600 + kinds of seeds ( and also live plants during the warmer months ) so check my other auctions . You are bidding on about 40 EASTERN RED CEDAR SEEDS – Juniperus virginiana . This evergreen usually grows 30-40 ft. but can reach 90 ft. Fragrant, scale-like foliage can be coarse or fine-cut, and varies in color from gray-green to blue-green to light- or dark-green . The flowers give way to berry-like cones that are light green at first, before turning blue. Cones are about 1/4 inch wide. They do not become mature until September. These cones are consumed by many animals. Likes full sun. Water Use: Low Light Requirement: Sun , Part Shade , Shade Soil Moisture: Dry Cold Tolerant: yesHeat Tolerant: yesSoil Description: Dry, limestone soils (adaptable). Sandy, Sandy Loam, Medium Loam Clay Loam, Clay, Rocky, Limestone-based, Caliche type. Zones 2 – 9 Medicinal use : Pencil cedar leaves were much used medicinally by the native N. American Indians, and also in folk medicine by the white settlers, especially to treat chest complaints and skin problems such as venereal warts and other excrescences. The leaves are anthelmintic, diuretic, rubefacient and stimulant. A decoction has been used in the treatment of coughs and colds, general weakness and as a medicine for convalescents. The berries are anthelmintic, diaphoretic, emmenagogue and mildly antiseptic. They have been chewed as a treatment for mouth ulcers or made into a tea to treat colds, rheumatism, worms etc. The fresh young twigs are used as a diuretic. An infusion has been used both internally and as a steam bath in the treatment of rheumatism. The essential oil from the wood is an abortifacient, in some cases it has caused vomiting, convulsions, coma and death. The plant is said to contain the anticancer compound podophyllotoxin. The essential oil from the berries is used in aromatherapy. Edible parts : Fruit – raw or cooked. A sweetish resinous flesh. They can be crushed and used as a flavoring in soups and stews. The cones are about 5 mm in diameter. About 10 mm according to another report. A tea is made from the fruit. It is not very nice. It is made from the young branchlets and the fruit according to one report.Other uses : An essential oil is obtained from the wood. Composed of cedar camphor or cedrol, it is used in soaps, as an insecticide and moth repellent, a deodorant, in polishes, perfumery etc. Chips of the wood have been used as moth repellents. The leaves are used as an incense and are also either burnt or crushed and then scattered around as an insect repellent. The crushed bark can be used as a soft base in cradles. The bark has also been cut into strips and used to make mats. The red inner bark is a source of a red dye. See my store for 600+ seeds , live plants ( during the warmer months ) and over 300+ books on plants and gardening . I add new items every day and combine shipping whenever possible .

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