Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl'
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Tried and True Recommended by 7 Professionals
Species Native to Missouri
Common Name: red cedar
Type: Needled evergreen
Family: Cupressaceae
Zone: 2 to 9
Garden Location: Lang Family Bird Garden
Height: 2 to 3 feet
Spread: 4 to 6 feet
Bloom Time: Non-flowering
Bloom Color: 
Bloom Description: Non-flowering
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy Fruit
Other: Winter Interest
Wildlife: Attracts Birds
Tolerates: Dry Soil, Shallow, Rocky Soil, Drought, Air Pollution, Black Walnuts, Deer
Uses: Erosion Control, Hedge

Culture

Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Tolerant of a wide variety of soils. Also tolerant of wind and of many city air pollutants.

Noteworthy Characteristics

This eastern red cedar cultivar is a broad, slow-growing, evergreen shrub with a compact, wide-spreading habit which typically grows up to 3' tall (infrequently larger) and to 6' wide. Features scale-like, silver gray foliage. A female form which produces profuse, glaucous, berry-like cones which are attractive to birds. This plant may be a hybrid, but it is usually listed for sale as a cultivar of Juniperus virginiana.

Problems

Susceptible to bagworms and cedar apple rust. Resists Phomopsis twig blight.

Garden Uses

Specimen, shrub border or hedge. Mass for windbreaks or screens.

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