Rocky mountain juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
USDA zones1 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size30 to 40 feet tall3 to 15 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Rocky mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum) is a tree for hedges, privacy screens, and low maintenance plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 1, or down to -60°F (-51°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to moist soil of most types. Female plants make small, berry-like cones that ripen to dark blue or black in fall, and birds and small mammals eat them. Deer and rabbits tend to pass it by. Give it time, because it grows slowly.
Pairs well with Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, and Little bluestem.
Native range
AZ, CO, ID, MT, and 12 more places. See all 16
AZ, CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY; AB, and BC.