Juniperus virginiana L. Pencil Cedar or Eastern Redcedar Native to eastern and central N. America, often cultivated in these areas as an ornamental, and also in west and central Europe. The wood has been used to line chests and cupboards for storing clothes as it has a pleasant smell and repels moths. One common name refers to its use in making lead pencils. Height to about 15m (50ft), occasionally twice this size, and the tallest of junipers grown in gardens. Male and female flowers open in March, sometimes on the same tree, but usually separate. Males are round, yellow; females smaller and green. Fruit is smaller than other junipers 0.3-0.6cm (¨û-¨ùin) long, blue. Foliage has both types; the needle-like leaves are usually in pairs and the scale-like leaves are pointed. There are several cultivated varieties: cv. 'Glauca', shown with berries far right has blue-green foliage. Z4.