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

Eastern White Cedar (Arborvitae) vs Rocky Mountain Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum

Thuja occidentalis

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Rocky Mountain Juniper
Eastern White Cedar (Arborvitae)

The Rocky Mountain Juniper is a columnar and slightly rounded evergreen shrub that features foliage with colours that range from a light green to a dark blue-green. It produces round, dark-blue berry-like cones that ripen in the second year.

Rocky Mountain Junipers have great ornamental value due to its varying colours and can attract wildlife into your yard as the “berries” are favored by birds.

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.

Rocky Mountain Juniper Quick Facts

Eastern White Cedar (Arborvitae) Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2b
Height: 9 m (30 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: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: long
Life span: long
Suckering: low
Suckering: none


Foliage: blue-green
Bark: gray to reddish brown, flat connected ridges
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: mountain red cedar, rocky mountain cedar
Other Names: american arborvitae, eastern arborvitae, northern white cedar