{"product_id":"skyrocket-juniper","title":"Skyrocket Juniper","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSkyrocket Juniper\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eJuniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eCupressaceae\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg\u003e** The plants in stock are over 5' tall!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eFull sun (tolerates part shade)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e15'–20' tall x 2'–3' wide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eDrought Tolerance: High once established; needs good drainage, tolerates poor soil, intolerant of wet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eEvergreen silvery blue-green scale foliage; reddish-brown shredding bark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eWildlife Benefits: Dense canopy gives birds nesting\/cover; male clone — no berries (unlike the wild species)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eSkyrocket is grown for one dramatic quality: it is among the narrowest columnar conifers in cultivation, a slender blue-gray spire that provides vertical punctuation few other plants can match. Culturally it is easy and tough: full sun, excellent drainage, tolerant of poor and alkaline soils and of drought once established, but intolerant of wet ground.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eSkyrocket grows as an extremely narrow, upright, tapering column of silvery blue-green scale-like foliage, reaching roughly fifteen to twenty feet tall while staying only two to three feet wide, with attractive reddish-brown shredding bark beneath. It reads as a living exclamation point and is evergreen year-round, holding its blue color through winter. Older plants, or plants under heavy wet snow, can splay open at the top, so an occasional light tie or the removal of any wayward non-vertical branch in spring keeps the column crisp. It is a fast enough grower to recover quickly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThe dense columnar canopy provides valuable nesting sites and cover for birds. One caveat worth noting: 'Skyrocket' is a male clone and so does not produce the blue berry-like cones that make the wild species such good bird forage, so its wildlife value is shelter rather than food. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eSkyrocket an accent plant. Use it as a vertical exclamation point in a bed, in symmetrical pairs to frame an entry or gate, in a rhythm of repeated spires along a walk or drive, or as a narrow evergreen screen where there is no room for a wider hedge. Its slim footprint suits tight urban spaces. It combines strikingly with lower, mounding plants that set off its height, including the Blue Star juniper and succulents, and with ornamental grasses and dryland shrubs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eNote: This plant is NOT fire-wise and should be planted carefully, avoiding areas prone to wildfire and keeping adequate clearance from structures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e** Skyrocket is a known alternate host for cedar-apple rust and should not be planted near apples, crabapples, or hawthorns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/5440\/9961\/files\/Screenshot_2025-12-25_192700.png?v=1766719652\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loen","offers":[{"title":"5 Gallon","offer_id":51888644587753,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/5440\/9961\/files\/Screenshot_2026-09-17_215354.png?v=1789707850","url":"https:\/\/www.tanagergreenhouse.com\/products\/skyrocket-juniper","provider":"Tanager, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}