Alpine Currant vs Rocky Mountain Juniper - TreeTime.ca

Alpine Currant vs Rocky Mountain Juniper

Ribes alpinum

Juniperus scopulorum

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Alpine Currant
Rocky Mountain Juniper

Alpine Currant is a great shrub to plant along sidewalks, near building or at your property boundary as a hedge or accent species. It is widely used by commercial landscapers in parking lots and near buildings because of its hardiness, attractiveness, and pollution tolerance.

While Alpine Currant produces edible berries, they are not palatable.

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.

Alpine Currant Quick Facts

Rocky Mountain Juniper Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 9 m (30 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: long
Suckering: low
Suckering: low


Foliage: glossy green
Foliage: blue-green
Flowers: greenish yellow and fragrant
Berries: small, bright red
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


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