Cologreen Juniper

Other Names: Colorado Redcedar

Description:

A dense and narrowly columnar evergreen shrub with soft textured silvery-gray needle-like foliage and abundant showy blue berries, a good compact choice for varying the skyline in difficult landscape situations, makes a great tall evergreen hedge

Ornamental Features:

Cologreen Juniper has dark green foliage. The scale-like leaves remain dark green through the winter. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. The peeling gray bark is not particularly outstanding.

Landscape Attributes:

Cologreen Juniper is a dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a shapely oval form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Disease

Cologreen Juniper is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Accent
• Vertical Accent
• Hedges/Screening

Plant Characteristics:

Cologreen Juniper will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 60 years or more.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist growing conditions, but will not tolerate any standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for xeriscaping or the moisture-conserving landscape. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution.

This is a selection of a native North American species.