Juniperus virginiana 'Burkii'
Burk Eastern Redcedar

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 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage Notes:
Blue (Steel blue needle-like and scale-like evergreen leaves that take on a purple cast in the winter)
 Ultimate Height:
10-25 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
4-10 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, except those that are wet
 Maintenance:
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves have a dull blue band above and are green below. The scale-like leaves are 4-ranked, closely pressed and overlapping, 0.06" long, and free at apex. Awl-like leaves (0.25") are usually in pairs found mostly on older trees. Terminal shoots are often elongated and turn red to a drab brown in winter. Branchlets are very narrow (less than 1 mm thick). Bruised foliage smells of cedar. Gray brown to red brown bark exfoliates in long strips.
  Special Characteristics:
  • Deer Resistant 30
  • Drought Tolerant 289
  • Pollution Tolerant 217
  • Tolerant of Poor Site Conditions 187
  • Mass Plantings 288
  • Screen 190
  • Specimen 630
  • Notable Bark 168

    • Additional Information

    'Burkii' is a pyramidal male cultivar with glaucous silvery blue foliage. Widely adapted to soils and climates. Does well in alkaline soils, but not wet soils. Alternate host for cedar-apple rust disease. Plant other juniper species in areas having many apples, hawthorns, etc. Susceptible to bagworms.

    1 Juniperus virginiana 'Burkii' found

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    Number Accession ID Location
    12009_13368*AHORTPARK

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