Juniperus scopulorum 'Gray Gleam'
Common name: 
Gray Gleam Rocky Mountain Juniper
Gray Gleam Juniper
Pronunciation: 
ju-NIP-er-us skop-u-LO-rum
Family: 
Cupressaceae
Genus: 
Juniperus
Type: 
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Conifer, evergreen, shrub, slow growing to 15-20 ft (4.5-6 m) tall and 7 ft (2 m) wide, dense, bright silvery gray (intensified in winter), often listed as columnar, but conical in the image here.
  • Sun.    Once established needs little additional water.
  • Hardy USDA Zone 4     Selected as a chance seedling in 1944 by Scott Wilmore of Wilmore Nursery, Wheatridge, Colorado; Plant Patent 848, 1949 (Jacobson, 1996).
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