It is hardy from very far north to south, in USDA Zones 2 to 8. It grows well in the sun, and is deer resistant and drought tolerant. In the fall, tiny blue berries develop and provide forage. Juniperus communis ‘Compressa’ (Pencil Point Common Juniper) Pencil Point is a medium-green, dwarf Juniper with silver-blue tones that grows 2 to 4 per year and reaches 3.5’H × 1’W in 10 years.
Cold hardy to -30 F, the Skyrocket Juniper is a highly adaptable tree, able to thrive in a variety of light and soil conditions. Although it seldom needs pruning, with age (and conditions) 'Skyrocket' can get leggy and wider than its advertised 2 to 3 foot (60 - 90 cm) spread. Juniperus virginiana ‘Skyrocket’ is a cultivar of Eastern Red Cedar, and grows 15-20’ tall by 2-3’ wide, and has a smooth, blue-silver appearance. Because of this, it has become the most popular upright juniper growing 15 feet (3 m) tall and 2 feet (60 cm) wide after 10 years, making it, some claim, the narrowest juniper one can find. Since few, if any of the common upright ones appear to be dwarf surely much bigger.
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Once established, 'Skyrocket' is drought tolerant and is often used as a screen or windbreak for full sun, in place of the more common Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), especially beyond the cypress' USDA Zone 7 limits. Hello All, I would like to plant a skyrocket juniper in my yard. 'Skyrocket' is a very popular landscape tree for suburban landscapes. It also creates crops of blue berries that are popular as winter forage for birds. Skyrocket Juniper is an extremely narrow variety of the West Coast native Rocky Mountain Juniper. Its branching is mostly fastigiate and foliage is silvery blue in color. In the east it often (inappropriately) called the red cedar. Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket' is a narrowly conical, female selection of Rocky Mountain or western juniper. Extremely slender columnar form with tight, compact branching.
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