'Taylor' was reportedly discovered in Taylor, Nebraska as a chance seedling and was released in 1992 to the nursery trade by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. Foliage may take on some bronze tones in winter.
Silvery blue-green foliage is attractive throughout the growing season. ‘Taylor’ is an upright narrow columnar eastern red cedar that typically grows to 15-20' tall but to only 3-4' feet wide. Much like a classic Italian Cypress, this special selection of native Eastern Red Cedar grows tall and straight in a vertical column. Genus name comes from the Latin name for the juniper. Berry-like cones are attractive to many birds. Taylor is an upright narrow columnar eastern red cedar that. Female trees produce round, gray to blackish-green berry-like cones (1/4” diameter) that ripen in fall the first year. Genus name comes from the Latin name for the juniper. This is a dioecious species (separate male and female trees). Cultivars of this species often retain better foliage color in winter. Heartwood is reddish-brown and aromatic, and is commonly used for cedar chests. This narrow, columnar juniper is the perfect vertical accent for a formal setting. Makes a great privacy screen, an entryway accent, or a dramatic vertical element to the landscape. This handsome selection maintains a more dense, upright form than its similar counterparts. Gray to reddish-brown bark exfoliates in thin shreddy strips on mature trees. The semi-soft, blue-green foliage and narrow columnar form provide a refined, elegant look. It is a broadly conical, sometimes columnar, dense, evergreen conifer with horizontal branching that typically grows to 30-65’ tall. Juniperus virginiana, commonly called Eastern red cedar, is native to Missouri where it typically occurs on limestone bluffs and glades, wood margins, fields, pastures and fence rows throughout the state except for the southeastern lowlands (Steyermark).