‘Canaertii’ Juniper (Red Cedar)

Juniperus virginiana ‘Canaertii’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Coniferous Evergreen Shrub

Height at Maturity: 25-30′

Width at Maturity: 10-15′

Spacing: 7′ for privacy screens; 16’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Pyramidal

Growth Rate: Fast! Up to 2 feet per year

Flower Color: None

Flower Size: NA

Flowering Period: NA

Flower Type: NA

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Bright Green new growth turns Rich Medium Green with Bronze tint in winter

Fragrant Foliage: Yes

Berries: Yes

Berry Color: Blue

Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun to Light Shade

Water Needs: Very Low when established

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well-Drained to Dry when established

Soil pH: 6.0 – 7.5 (Moderately Acid to Slightly Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Very Low when left in it’s natural form

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Rabbits, Insect

Description

Not just another cone-shaped upright conifer, ‘Canaertii’ Juniper, also known as Red Cedar, exhibits extra personality. While it shares the typical proportions of other native red cedars, its shape becomes more interesting and distinct over time. When young, it has a fluffy appearance and conical form transforming with age to a more angular and open habit with branch tips extending like arms reaching for the sky. Abundant, showy, cobalt-blue berries stand out beautifully against the rich green foliage to provide even more appeal and a delicious treat for birds. Canaertii is extremely cold and heat hardy thriving in USDA Zones 3 to 9. It likes all the sun you can give it and is deer and insect resistant and drought tolerant when established. Fast growing to about 30 feet tall and 10 to 15 feet wide, this eye-catching and easy-to-grow north American native evergreen provides unique and fine texture as a specimen, to frame corners of tall homes, or in privacy screen plantings.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 20 to 30 feet tall by 10 to 15 feet wide feet wide, the Canaertii Juniper is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or in privacy screen plantings in sunny landscape borders. Also a very nice corner plant to frame tall homes and other buildings. Those with an artistic eye and ability can train this one as an exciting pom pom topiary. A fine addition to the conifer garden, rock garden, topiary gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).

Suggested Spacing: 7 feet apart for solid hedges and privacy screens; 16 feet or more apart for space between plants

Growing Preferences

The Canaertii Juniper is easy to grow in locations that provide well-drained soils and full sun to mostly sun. Constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. It is a very low maintenance evergreen tree and exceptionally drought tolerant when established. No pruning is necessary however can be trained to various shapes for topiary.

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