Juniperus virginiana 'Nova'
Columnar Eastern Redcedar

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark- to bluish-green needle-like and scale-like evergreen leaves that take on a bronze or purple cast in the winter)
 Fruit Notes:
Blue (Dioecious; attractive blue berries (cones) on female plants)
 Ultimate Height:
10-12 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
4-5 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, except those that are wet
 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 glaucous above, and green below, 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.

Additional Information

'Nova' is narrow, upright, and quite hardy. 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 'Nova' found

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Number Accession ID Location
12009_13364*AHORTPARK

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