MonOliver Rocky mountain juniper
Juniperus scopulorum 'MonOliver'
USDA zones3 to 7
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Columnar
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'MonOliver' Rocky mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum 'MonOliver') is a tree for hedges, privacy screens, and low maintenance gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It sits low on the menu for deer. This slow growing evergreen has a columnar shape and tolerates drought and salt. Birds and butterflies visit it.
Pairs well with White spruce, Virginia rose, and Sedge.