Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl'

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Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl'

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Kemper Code: D650

Common Name: red cedar
Zone: 2 to 9
Plant Type: Needled evergreen
Family: Cupressaceae
Missouri Native: No
Native Range: None
Height: 2 to 3 feet
Spread: 4 to 6 feet
Bloom Time: Non-flowering
Bloom Color: Non-flowering
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low

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Plant Culture and Characteristics

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Uses:		Wildlife:	Flowers:	Leaves:	Fruit:
Hedge	Suitable as annual	Attracts birds	Has showy flowers	Leaves colorful	Has showy fruit
Shade tree	Culinary herb	Attracts	Has fragrant flowers	Leaves fragrant	Fruit edible
Street tree	Vegetable	hummingbirds	Flowers not showy	Good fall color	Other:
Flowering tree	Water garden plant	Attracts	Good cut flower	Evergreen	Winter interest
Gr. cover (<1')	Will naturalize	butterflies	Good dried flower		Thorns or spines

General 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.

Uses:

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