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Plant: Grey Owl - Juniper
Juniper · Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Mature size
More about this plant
A low, wide selection of eastern redcedar that ascends and spreads horizontally to about two or three feet tall and four to six feet across, clothed in thread like silvery blue gray needles on aromatic stems. It wants full sun and dry to moist, well drained soil, is hardy across a very wide zone range, and is seldom browsed by deer. Fleshy berry like cones follow on female plants. Use it as a spreading accent, a low border, a mass planting in a small space, or a silver note in a rock or winter garden.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 3 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Hardy in USDA zones 2-9
- Evergreen foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
A low, wide selection of eastern redcedar that ascends and spreads horizontally to about two or three feet tall and four to six feet across, clothed in thread like silvery blue gray needles on aromatic stems. It wants full sun and dry to moist, well drained soil, is hardy across a very wide zone range, and is seldom browsed by deer. Fleshy berry like cones follow on female plants. Use it as a spreading accent, a low border, a mass planting in a small space, or a silver note in a rock or winter garden.
- Foliage
- Thread like, silvery blue gray needles lying close together on aromatic stems.
- Fruit
- Round, berry-like blue cones about a quarter inch across with a white waxy coating, ripening in fall.
- Bark & stems
- Gray to reddish-brown bark that exfoliates in thin, long shreddy strips on mature trees; stems are aromatic.
- Native range
- Native to North America, from Maine south to Florida and west to South Dakota and Texas.
