Common Juniper vs Eastern White Cedar (Arborvitae) - TreeTime.ca

Common Juniper vs Eastern White Cedar (Arborvitae)

Juniperus communis

Thuja occidentalis

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON - MIGHT RETURN

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

Common Juniper
Eastern White Cedar (Arborvitae)

Common Juniper is a wide spreading, coniferous shrub with scaly needles and small, berry-like cones. Used as a landscaping shrub, it typically grows 3 or 4 feet tall and will not spread like Creeping Juniper.

You can plant Common Juniper near building foundations or beneath larger trees to provide year-round color and texture to your yard with minimal maintenance.

Eastern White Cedar is a slender growing conifer often used as a decorative tree or a hedge. This tree is an effective privacy screen even in winter and a great long term solution to urban crowding or a drab yard.

Common Juniper Quick Facts

Eastern White Cedar (Arborvitae) Quick Facts

Zone: 1a
Zone: 2b
Height: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Height: 12 m (40 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: any
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


Fall colour: green
Bark: gray to reddish brown, flat connected ridges
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, YT, NT, NU, PE
Native to: MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, PE
Other Names: american arborvitae, eastern arborvitae, northern white cedar