Skybound Cedar vs Rocky Mountain Juniper - TreeTime.ca

Skybound Cedar vs Rocky Mountain Juniper

Thuja occidentalis Skybound

Juniperus scopulorum

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON - MIGHT RETURN

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON - MIGHT RETURN

Skybound Cedar
Rocky Mountain Juniper

The Skybound Cedar is a newer variety that is usually hardier than the Brandon Cedar and richer in color. The dark green, scale-like foliage maintain their needles and color throughout the winter.

Cedars enjoy average to moist soil conditions and should not be allowed to dry out. It's small size, spread and columnar shape make the Skybound Cedar an excellent accent tree or border hedge that can be expected to live up to 50 years under ideal conditions.

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.

Skybound Cedar Quick Facts

Rocky Mountain Juniper Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 4 m (12 ft)
Height: 9 m (30 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: low


Foliage: blue-green
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK
Other Names: skybound arborvitae
Other Names: mountain red cedar, rocky mountain cedar