Skyrocket Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket’
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Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket’ Plant Information
Classification | |
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Scientific Name: | Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket' |
Common Name: | skyrocket juniper |
Family: | Cupressaceae |
Suggested Uses: | screen, windbreak, hedge |
Characteristics | |
Plant Form: | very narrow, columnar form |
Height: | 20 - 30 feet tall |
Spread: | 2 - 3 feet wide |
Foliage: | scale-like, overlapping foliage generally has a very nice bluish green color |
Flower: | monoecious or dioecious |
Fruit: | small, cone like structure which matures second year light blue / grey and triangular |
Bark: | reddish brown or gray and slightly peeling |
Environment | |
Water: | drought-tolerant |
USDA Zone: | zones 3 - 7 |
Additional Notes: | will not withstand humidity and heat of deep South very common in upper Midwest, Southwest, and Rocky Mountain states |
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