Juniperus virginiana 'Glauca'
Silver Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginiana ′Glauca′ - Fruit and Foliage
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage Notes:
Silver (Glaucous silvery blue evergreen foliage in the spring that becomes more blue-green in the summer)
 Fruit Notes:
Blue (Dioecious; attractive blue berries (cones) on female plants in the winter)
 Ultimate Height:
20-25 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
6-8 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, except those that are wet
 Maintenance:
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves mostly scale-like, 4-ranked, closely pressed and overlapping, 0.06" long, and free at apex. Awl-like leaves (0.25") are few and on the inside of the plant, glaucous above, and green below, usually in pairs found mostly on older trees. Branchlets are very narrow (less than 1 mm thick). Bruised foliage smells of cedar. Gray brown to red brown bark exfoliates in long strips.
 Ecological Functions:
  Special Characteristics:
  • Drought Tolerant 288
  • Pollution Tolerant 217
  • Tolerant of Poor Site Conditions 187
  • Mass Plantings 288
  • Screen 190
  • Specimen 630
  • Notable Bark 168
  • Winter Interest 115

    • Additional Information

    'Glauca' is a columnar cultivar with glaucous blue needles that are most prominent in the spring, transitioning to blue-green later on in the summer. 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.

    2 Juniperus virginiana 'Glauca' found

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