Juniperus 'Grey Owl'
Family - Cupressaceae
Category - Conifer, Shrub
Origin - Raised in the Netherlands
Discovered By - Raised by G. Caam Oudebosch
Year of Introduction - 1938
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 3m
Width - up to 4m
Location - The Cool Garden
Description: A medium-sized, Evergreen coniferous Shrub with a spreading habit. Attractive, blue-green, scale-like leaves overlap and are held on the wide-spreading, horizontal branches. Plants produce small blue, Berry-like cones. Raised by G. Caam Oudebosch in the Netherlands and believed to be a seedling of Juniperus virginiana 'Glauca' crossed with J. pfitzeriana 'Wilhelm Pfitzer'.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Synonym - J. virginiana 'Grey Owl'.
Foliage:
Overlapping, blue-green, scale-like leaves are held on horizontal branches.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Scale-like
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in moisture retentive, but well drained soil.