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Many landscapers and gardening enthusiasts enjoy planting it on either side of a doorway, beside the corner of a building, or next to walkways to create a natural accent column. The conifer’s steel bluish grey colouration makes it an excellent garden focal point specimen. It withstands high winds without breaking so makes an ideal windbreak. The hardy conifer can be grouped together to form a hedge or privacy screen. With its unique form Juniper Sky Rocket has many landscape benefits. Skyrocket is considered fully hardy across all of the UK and Ireland. Juniperus Scopulorum Skyrocket can do well in either exposed or sheltered positions. It also tolerates salt spray and thrives in coastal regions. Unlike other conifers, it grows well in a wide array of soils such as clay, slightly alkaline, slightly acidic and compacted soils. Once established Rocky Mountain Juniper Skyrocket forms a deep and diverse root system that makes it exceptionally drought tolerant. Ideally, you should apply a slow release fertilizer in the early spring months before it produces new growth. However, it does benefit from an annual application of a general purpose fertilizer. It does not need pruning to maintain its eye-catching figure. Rocky Mountain Juniper Skyrocket requires no specialized care after planting. It will not tolerate soggy ground very well.

Skyrocket juniper for sale near me full#

Juniperus Scopulorum Skyrocket grows best in full sun, but will tolerate partial shade although this aspect is not ideal as it can produce less dense foliage. It can grow to 5-6 metres high with a spread of 0.5-1.0 metres when mature, but it takes its time getting there, a relatively slow grower taking from 20 to as many as 50 years to reach ultimate growth. In terms of foliage, Juniperus Scopulorum Skyrocket is more of a grey or silvery-blue colour. It is the most slender, column-like or pencil shaped of all the juniper available for landscape uses, its fastigiate form adding valuable architectural interest to your landscape. Its exceptionally slender columnar growth form resembles a rocket. Most are hardy to Zone 4, require full sun, are adaptable to most soil conditions except wet, and are drought tolerant once established.Juniperus Scopulorum Skyrocket grows in a narrow, columnar shape. Varieties of upright junipers on the market include: Blue Point, Wichita Blue, Moonglow, Skyrocket, Blue Haven, Blue Arrow, Mountbatten and Hetz Columnar to name a few. Upright forms offer beauty, screening and low maintenance within a small footprint. Junipers, unlike arborvitae, have a good track record of deer resistance.

You're right, while deer will eat nearly everything if they are hungry enough. It sounds like a variety of upright juniper may be the plant you're looking for. The wind blows like the dickens over our property and we would like some privacy from the neighbors. Do you know of any tree that fits my description? If you can suggest something that has berries for the wildlife, that would be the bomb.

I don't have a sample of the tree to identify it because he removed it because it was growing into the gutters and rubbing them when the wind blew. My Dad had an evergreen with small thorns on the branches. The lot line is very narrow on one side of our property. I know nothing is deer proof if the little guys are hungry enough. Let me tell you what they are and I'm positive you will be able to help me. I would like to plant a windbreak this spring but have 4 special requirements that the plants have to fit into. Deer Resistant Evergreen for Creating Privacy and Windbreak