| Juniper - 'Upright - Witchita Blue - Sold out! |
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| An upright, pyramidal evergreen growing into a tall conical shrub, with beautiful soft feathered silvery blue foliage that lasts all year long. An excellent choice for a vertical accent, or feature tree. |
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| Mature Witchita Blue |
| Botanical (latin) name: | Juniperus scopulorum 'Wichita Blue' |
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| Zone | 3 |
| height 13 ft (4m) | Spread 5ft (1.5m) |
| summer leaf colour - silver/blue | Fall leaf colour - silver-blue |
| Fruit - small blue | Bark - peeling grey |
| Blossoms - Innocuous | Fragrance - juniper |
| Habit - refined pyramidal | Placement - full sun, moist well drained soils |
| Why would you want this shrub? | Excellent evergreen hedge, feature tree |
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Description:
The Wichita Blue Upright Juniper has attractive silvery blue foliage that remains intact throughout the entire year. The innocuous flowers produce silvery blue berries from late spring right through to late winter. The peeling gray bark is not particularly outstanding. This Upright Juniper is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and usually looks its best without pruning, although it will tolerate pruning in the early spring after the extremely cold weather has past. Deer don't particularly care for this plant. Wichita Blue Upright Juniper will grow to be about 12 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. 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. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 70 years or more. This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist growing conditions, but will not tolerate any standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for xeriscaping or the moisture-conserving landscape. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. |
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| Price last updated on Jun 10, 2021 | Listing of Evergreens |
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