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It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water.
#Full grown skyrocket juniper full#
This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 70 years or more. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. Skyrocket Juniper will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 30 inches. Skyrocket Juniper is recommended for the following landscape applications
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Year-round color and a bright touch in the winter landscape. Very durable for hot locations and tolerates poor soil and drought. Great for adding a strong vertical, architectural appeal to borders, hedges, or foundation plantings. It has no significant negative characteristics. Very narrow, columnar tree with dense blue-green foliage. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage. Skyrocket Juniper is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. It produces silvery blue berries from late spring to late winter. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 70 years or more. The scale-like sprays of foliage are highly ornamental and remain powder blue throughout the winter. Skyrocket Juniper will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. It has attractive powder blue evergreen foliage. Skyrocket Juniper is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape for its rigidly columnar form. An extremely narrow, rigid tall evergreen shrub, with soft blue-green needle-like foliage all season long use with caution, can be rather abrupt in the landscape, makes a curious, almost formal tall evergreen hedge when planted in a row