tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post3653117428998348862..comments2024-02-06T16:57:42.394-05:00Comments on The Queen of Seaford: Tuesday's Trees- Juniperus virginianaJanet, The Queen of Seafordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-42009036383817769872010-01-14T11:26:28.327-05:002010-01-14T11:26:28.327-05:00Goodness Janet ~ you are a dedicated researcher. ...Goodness Janet ~ you are a dedicated researcher. You went to pretty great lengths to ID this one. Good job. You will be the resident "go-to" tree person for sure when your chronicles are over. My neighbor just cut down a couple cedars (not sure which ones) last fall and it was such a bummer for me. The birds used those trees all the time ~ I think they are invaluable in the landscape.Kathleenhttp://kaseyskorner.typepad.com/kaseys_korner/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-9802648023402108292010-01-14T08:56:24.617-05:002010-01-14T08:56:24.617-05:00Hi Megan, I know now about those two types of leav...Hi Megan, I know now about those two types of leaves! wow!<br /><br />Hi Tina, there IS a big mix of junipers. thanks for the additional info.<br /><br />Hi Deborah, bagworms are rotten! Glad you were able to save one of the trees.<br /><br />Hi Gail, sure is a nice evergreen tree. There are lists of a lot of cultivars...your Gray Owl sounds nice with the gray coloring.<br /><br />Hi Noelle, I don't know the Creeping Fig, will have to check it out.<br /><br />Hi Nancy, thanks! <br /><br />Hi Catherine, thanks!<br /><br />Hi Nell Jean, thank you! These trees are certainly a mainstay in the landscape.<br /><br />Hi Les, wow, I am batting 1000! thanks! <br /><br />Hi Lisa, it is amazing. (and confusing!) I remember the 'scrub cedars' in central Texas...adapting to their environment I guess.<br /><br />Hi Sweetbay, Ouch is right! I collected a small branch to look at more closely and it kept sticking me. <br /><br />Hi JJ, we have lots of different shaped junipers in our neighborhood too, that was part of the confusion. I like the blue berries..just a different color.<br /><br />Hi Randy, glad you learned something new! You will have to decide about telling Meg. ;-)<br /><br />Hi Frances, it was truly an AHA moment! thanks!<br /><br />Hi Sweetbay, thanks!<br /><br />Hi Rose, it is all about using as many reference materials as you can....and sitck to it. <br />So are you going to go out and buy some juniper berries? I first learned of them in Germany and always called them Wacholderbeeren...so when I found the translation I was surprised.<br /><br />Hi Lona, I like the shape too..great tree. <br /><br />Hi Skeeter, I am glad to have solved it too! The hedgehog is still there! It does look like a little hedgehog.Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-33158987335459475622010-01-13T13:14:02.021-05:002010-01-13T13:14:02.021-05:00How interesting this Cedar Topic! Glad you solved ...How interesting this Cedar Topic! Glad you solved your mystery. I so hope they dont destroy your gardens when doing the sewage work but also hope you have a proper working sewer in the end. So hang in there! The hedgehog on the tree is so neat. Looks like a real hedgehog type critter :)Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-2623968511122874082010-01-13T11:32:24.606-05:002010-01-13T11:32:24.606-05:00The shape of them is what I like Janet. You can of...The shape of them is what I like Janet. You can often see many of them around here where once stood an old house other than that I do not see very many in yards.Lonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060003333138052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-47941303157396963482010-01-13T08:55:04.034-05:002010-01-13T08:55:04.034-05:00So interesting, Janet! I have so much to learn ab...So interesting, Janet! I have so much to learn about identifying trees, and this one would have had me completely stumped. Kudos to you for sticking with your research to figure out what it was. Hybrids have to make the i.d. process even more difficult. <br /><br />I've never made sauerkraut before, but I've seen recipes calling for juniper berries--aha, I never made the connection:)Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-81774565427234138202010-01-13T07:45:21.347-05:002010-01-13T07:45:21.347-05:00Janet the bird you described sounds like a Yellow-...Janet the bird you described sounds like a Yellow-Rumped Warbler. They chirp a lot as they feed too and often go around in small flocks.sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-46764425795209152742010-01-13T07:20:26.752-05:002010-01-13T07:20:26.752-05:00The Aha moment, Janet, I love it! These trees are...The Aha moment, Janet, I love it! These trees are everywhere here in southeast TN, a weed actually. They are lovely, but seem to have been overplanted or decided to overplant themselves along every highway in the area and beyond, including my garden. They are easy to pull when small, unlike the oaks and walnuts that have roots to China before you even notice them. Thanks for your detective work too, glad you found the answer! :-)<br />FrancesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-82652765966800410652010-01-13T06:59:24.092-05:002010-01-13T06:59:24.092-05:00Janet,
As a;ways I learned something new about a t...Janet,<br />As a;ways I learned something new about a tree I'm very familiar with. Don't tell meg you can make gin from the berries.Randy Emmitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292186655869617897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-80706723666576769772010-01-12T21:03:53.869-05:002010-01-12T21:03:53.869-05:00eastern red cedars do vary quite
a bit from one an...eastern red cedars do vary quite<br />a bit from one another, in my neighborhood alone there are tall<br />weeping ones,tall skinny ones,short<br />blobby fat ones, tall wispy thinly<br />leaved ones,tall conical bushy ones<br />and more, sometimes all the way to the ground,sometimes a distinct trunk,they also vary in the shape and hue of the berries and the shape of the scales, the spikey leaves are juvenile foliage,once the tree matures the foliage becomes scale like, this is a common trait among Cupressaceae, redwoods do it too.<br />I find the greatest variations in cedar glades because the habitat varies from the norm there, including what seems to be a sand cedar like natural cultivar with squared off deep blue berries and shorter,stouter foliage that is incredibly hardy by comparison to the already hardy cedars in the area,and sprouts up and grows well in a dry crack in the limestone where regular cedars<br />seem to fail.<br />Such an interesting species, they are one of my favorite trees as well, thankyou for sharing!JJ Cedar Gladerhttp://nashvillecedarglades.blogspot.com/2010/01/nashville-snow-and-success-in-daisy.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-26597053997333411042010-01-12T20:28:06.114-05:002010-01-12T20:28:06.114-05:00Interesting post! We have a few on our farm and th...Interesting post! We have a few on our farm and they stand out distinctly from the pines and wax myrtles. I wouldn't want them as a Christmas tree though. When my husband was growing up his family used to cut down a young cedar on his grandmother-in-law's property for a Xmas tree. Ouch! They're not really trees you can hug, especially when they're young.sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-89887717783260588152010-01-12T20:21:49.375-05:002010-01-12T20:21:49.375-05:00Isn't the difference between juvenile and matu...Isn't the difference between juvenile and mature foliage amazing? <br /><br />And, as such a widespread species, the genetic variation is evident in Eastern Red Cedar, too.<br /><br />The 'red cedars' I grew up with in Central Texas don't look very similar to the ones growing here in South Carolina!<br /><br />LisaLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657232418012801175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-39212622841717048782010-01-12T20:18:37.067-05:002010-01-12T20:18:37.067-05:00Another tree with so many memories for me, and aft...Another tree with so many memories for me, and after the Loblolly, the most prolific evergreen on the Eastern Shore. Like Nell Jean, this was a Christmas tree for me several times. I also love seeing the old plantation and farm entrances lined with them. Thanks again for another good choice.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-16559317912445576962010-01-12T17:48:07.125-05:002010-01-12T17:48:07.125-05:00Excellent treatise on the Eastern Red Cedar. We ha...Excellent treatise on the Eastern Red Cedar. We have four, two behind the house, one in front of the equipment barn and one down the drive southwest of the house. They are about 35 years old and except for the one that a windstorm took most of the limbs (it looks more like a cedar of Lebanon now) they look like huge Christmas trees. <br /><br />It is traditional in the old South to use them as Christmas trees, despite the fact that they're not the most attractive conifer for that purpose and the ornaments look kind of intrusive in the branches. The best thing about having a juniper Christmas tree is the fragrance.Nell Jeanhttp://seedscatterer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-71912486351041382462010-01-12T17:07:57.272-05:002010-01-12T17:07:57.272-05:00Very interesting! It's such a pretty tree.Very interesting! It's such a pretty tree.Catherine@AGardenerinProgresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001060769253273283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-22442010324186063512010-01-12T12:34:17.042-05:002010-01-12T12:34:17.042-05:00Interesting and informative! And a beautiful tree...Interesting and informative! And a beautiful tree. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-54307877463913314922010-01-12T12:24:17.827-05:002010-01-12T12:24:17.827-05:00It can be hard to tell which plants are what, espe...It can be hard to tell which plants are what, especially when they can have two different leaf types. What great research you did. One plant I can think of that has two different leaves is a vine called Creeping Fig.Noelle Johnson https://www.blogger.com/profile/12198931083102476324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-71271699676040620612010-01-12T12:17:51.154-05:002010-01-12T12:17:51.154-05:00Hi Janet, ERC is one of my favorite trees...Maybe...Hi Janet, ERC is one of my favorite trees...Maybe because it's one of TN's few native evergreens and is so happy in my garden. I have two cultivars 'Gray Owl' a rather nice shrub version with exceptionally pretty gray coloring and the narrow Burkii. Of course we also have the species which wants to start it's own tree farm here. GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-21114378321591327942010-01-12T12:14:19.190-05:002010-01-12T12:14:19.190-05:00Very interesting! I had two trees that looked lik...Very interesting! I had two trees that looked like those when I bought this house. Next thing I knew, these horrible looking creatures were taking over...bagworms. I had never heard of them until then. They destroyed two trees but I was able to save the big cedar in the corner of the yard.♥I am Holly♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/15463732288448178247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-21618498496011671552010-01-12T11:55:01.937-05:002010-01-12T11:55:01.937-05:00I was going to say the Eastern red cedar does hybr...I was going to say the Eastern red cedar does hybridize all the time. You should the variety here. Some weep, some are upright. Quite a mix but I call them all the same-Eastern red cedar. I pull the seedlings out of my gardens all the time and it is hard. They have a tap root. Once I dug three cedars about 5 feet tall and replanted them in my yard as a screen. Two died but one survived. Coincidentally the two that died were different from the one that survived. Digging the tap root sure didn't help. I love them here. They are great for roosting birds. You do have to watch for cedar apple rust gall though. A pesky thing in warm damp weather. Some trees seem immune, others not so. I think the hybridizing helps it. Sorry such a long book...tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119628314111837184.post-38371844328640288952010-01-12T11:19:39.174-05:002010-01-12T11:19:39.174-05:00Your research adventures gave us lots of interesti...Your research adventures gave us lots of interesting tidbits about this tree. Two types of leaves! Who knew?Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563840922463701366noreply@blogger.com