Emerald Sentinel™ Juniper

The Emerald Sentinel™ Juniper will reach 15 feet within 10 years, but be just 5 feet wide, with a dense, upright conical form. Its fluffy foliage is bright emerald-green, darkening in summer, but never becoming bluish or silvered. It grows well everywhere, and it is the perfect plant for low-maintenance and ‘water-wise’ gardens, as well as a natural for native and wild gardens. Yet it can be trimmed into formal shapes, from columns to poodles, and made into a dense hedge or screen. After a few years, plants begin to produce big crops of blue berries covered with a whitish coating, and these are very attractive against the green leaves.

• Dense, upright evergreen tree
• Bright emerald-green foliage
• Big crop of blue berries on established plants
• Perfect for ‘water-wise’ gardening
• Grows well everywhere in the country

The Emerald Sentinel™ Juniper will grow best in full sun, but it tolerates a little partial shade as well. It grows in any well-drained soil, acid or alkaline and sand or clay. It grows in shallow rocky soils too, and it tolerates salt-spray, so it’s a natural for a beach cottage. It is hardy everywhere except zone 10, and no significant pests or diseases are seen on it. Deer and rabbits leave it alone too. This is a very, very easy bush to grow almost anywhere.