Juniper Burkii - Live Trees - Juniperus Virginiana

Description: Easily grown in average, dry to moist, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerates a wide range of soils and growing conditions, from swamps to dry rocky glades. Prefers moist soils but is intolerant of constantly wet soils. It has the best drought resistance of any conifer native to the eastern U.S. Juniperus virginiana, commonly called Eastern red cedar, is native to Missouri where it typically occurs on limestone bluffs and glades, wood margins, fields, pastures and fence rows throughout the state except for the southeastern lowlands. It is a broadly conical, sometimes columnar, dense, evergreen conifer with horizontal branching that typically grows to 30-65’ tall. Gray to reddish-brown bark exfoliates in thin shreddy strips on mature trees. Trunks are often fluted at the base. Heartwood is light brown and aromatic, and is commonly used for cedar chests. Dark blue green scale-like foliage. Foliage may turn brown-green in winter. Cultivars of this species often retain better foliage color in winter. This is a dioecious species Juniper Burkii is a columnar to narrow pyramidal cultivar which typically grows 10-15' tall. Features dense, ascending branches with both needle-like and scale-like, glaucous, bluish-silver foliage which acquires a tinge of purple in autumn and winter.

Price: 32.98 USD

Location: US

End Time: 2024-09-28T19:58:09.000Z

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