Wayfaring Tree vs Rocky Mountain Juniper - TreeTime.ca

Wayfaring Tree vs Rocky Mountain Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum

Viburnum lantana

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Rocky Mountain Juniper
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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.

Wayfaring Tree is an adaptable and reliable shrub. It is prized for its ornamental berries that can range in color from red to yellow to black. Consider getting two trees as fruiting is maximized when another Wayfaring Tree is present.

This species has a variety of uses ranging from naturalization, mass planting, borders, and privacy screens.

Rocky Mountain Juniper Quick Facts

Wayfaring Tree Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 4a
Height: 9 m (30 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: medium
Life span: long
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: medium


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


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