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Skyrocket Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket’
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Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket’

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Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket’ Plant Information

Classification  
   
Scientific Name: Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket'
Common Name: skyrocket juniper
Family: Cupressaceae
Suggested Uses: screen, windbreak, hedge
   
Characteristics  
   
Plant Form: very narrow, columnar form
Height: 20 - 30 feet tall
Spread: 2 - 3 feet wide
Foliage: scale-like, overlapping foliage

generally has a very nice bluish green color
Flower: monoecious or dioecious
Fruit: small, cone like structure which matures second year

light blue / grey and triangular
Bark: reddish brown or gray and slightly peeling
   
Environment  
   
Water: drought-tolerant
USDA Zone: zones 3 - 7
   
Additional Notes: will not withstand humidity and heat of deep South

very common in upper Midwest, Southwest, and Rocky Mountain states

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