Grey Owl Juniper
Juniperus virginiana  ‘Grey Owl’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-9b  Find Your ZoneÂ
Plant Type:Â Coniferous Evergreen ShrubÂ
Height at Maturity:Â 3-4′
Width at Maturity:Â 8-10′
Growth Habit / Form:Â Arching, Broad, Columnar, Irregular, Pendulous Branches, Spreading
Growth Rate:Â Fast
Flower Color:Â None
Flower Size:Â Â NA
Flowering Period:Â NA
Flower Type:Â NA
Fragrant Flowers:Â Â No
Foliage Color:Â Bluish Grey
Fragrant Foliage:Â Yes
Berries:Â Â No
Berry Color:Â NA
Sun Needs:Â Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Light Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Evening Sun
Water Needs:Â Â Very Low when established
Soil Type:Â Â Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty
Soil Moisture / Drainage:Â Well Drained Moist or Dry
Soil pH:Â 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care:Â Very Low
Attracts:Â Visual Attention
Resistances:Â Deer –Â more info, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Insect
Description
A fine textured evergreen conifer with gracefully arching branches covered in soft and feathery silvery grayish-blue foliage, ‘Grey Owl’ is a fast growing Juniper excellent for mass plantings on embankments, hillsides and slopes or as a natural low hedge. Especially nice as a specimen in rock gardens around large boulders, near red-leaved Japanese maples and other plants and trees with dark colored foliage.
Landscape & Garden Uses
If you’re looking to create a natural low hedge or need a plant to quickly cover an ugly slope that’s washing away, Grey Owl Juniper is a great choice. Growing 8 to 10 feet wide and maybe 3 feet tall, it also works well as a specimen in landscape borders or an accent where there is room in home foundation plantings. It can also be trained into a pom pom topiary form. A fine addition to conifer gardens and rock and Xeriscape gardens (low water needs). Â
Suggested Spacing:Â 6 to 8 feet for mass plantings;Â 16 feet or more for space between plants
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Growing Preferences
Grey Owl Juniper is exceptionally easy to grow in most any average, well-drained soil and full sun, however will tolerate some light shade. Plants are exceptionally drought tolerant when established. As with so many other ornamental plants, constantly soggy or wet soil can cause root rot or other harmful plant diseases. Very low-maintenance and requires no pruning when provided ample room to grow. Keep in mind this juniper can grow to 10 feet wide over time.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for low growing Junipers.
Planting Low Growing Juniper Plants
Fertilizing & Watering Juniper Plants
How To Prune Junipers & Other Conifers
How To Measure Square Feet of A Planting Area
Determining How Many Plants To Fill A Planting Area
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The grey owls arrived in fantastic shipping boxes- healthy and gorgeous. Wilson Brothers is worth every penny. I have received several trees and shrubs from WB. Each one if absolutely beautiful. Thanks for a business I can count on!!———————————————-Awesome!! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
All 3 of my Wilson Bros orders have been great purchases. The plants are healthy robust specimens, packed securely so they’ve arrived in very good shape, and fast! All have begun growing with vigor, although this torrid summer has been a challenge. I have high hopes for my latest order, the grey owl juniper. I enjoy having the WB large selection of plants and , as an avid gardener, spend more time than usual going over the email offerings.—————————————————Wow! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I’m a repeat customer and loyal fan of Wilson Bros but even I was shocked at the size and overall good health of this plant. So glad I bought four. Looking forward to creating a topiary, or two.—————————————————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
Juniper arrived safely with no damage whatsoever. The plant is very healthy. It is now planted and I can hardly wait to see it spread upward and outward.————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Love the silvery look of this juniper.————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
This grey owl juniper was yet another perfect purchase from WB. Their free shipping is a unbeatable with a safely packed plant inside and quick shipping. I’m picky when I shop in person for plants, and every one I’ve recieved from WB has matched my standards for healthy plants that have a nice shape to them. They have a nice variety of 1 gallon sizes that most local retailers do not stock. I like that size because it is easier for a senior to handle and plant. Needless to say, I’ll remain a regular customer.———————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks so much for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
…as everything else we’ve ordered from Wilson Bros. These junipers were beautiful and healthy right out of the box and have already grown a bit.——————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review and the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
We received our Grey Owl juniper a week or so ago and LOVE IT! It came perfectly packaged and we planted it right after it arrived. We ordered the 1 gallon size and though 1 gallon isn’t huge, I was pleasantly surprised at how full this looked. It is very healthy and looks happy in the soil. We just topped it off with mulch earlier this week, so we will continue to watch it, but overall I am so pleased with this! Looking forward to ordering with Wilson Bros. again soon!——————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
First it’s wonderful to find different varieties of A plant we see in our landscape in Florida quite a lot. I chose the gray owl because of its texture and the fact that it grows to be very large. The plants arrived in exquisite shape and very healthy. Although I find the plants I purchased from Wilson brothers to be A little more expensive than from other sources, I know that I can depend on them to be in excellent shape, healthy and the fact that these are plants I can’t go out and buy at a nursery here in Florida makes it worth it. I have had nothing but good experiences with this nursery with deliveries. They come boxed very safely and FedEx is the carrier. They have great customer service and are by far my go to If I’m looking for a particular plant. I love them!————————————–Thanks for the kind words!! We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
Hello my name is Robert Pike and we are a new customer of yours!
We have 2 orders with you and have already received the 1st order!
And couldn’t be any happier! Our plants and tree are wonderful beautiful and amazing and arrived in great shape and very fast!
“THANK YOU!”…….
We live in Yuma AZ and although we can grow almost anything here getting exotic plants and tree’s we have to order on-line.
Your company is the first company we have ordered from that has not only meet or expectations but has surpassed them!
You have our business for life!
I do need a few more trees and many more bushes and flowers and although your stock is limited we would rather wait for your trees plans shrubs flowers than to ever deal with you so called competition! We are and will be your best small customer forever and will pass this on to all of our friends and family! I need 2 dwarf Japanese maple trees so please pick me out your very best as soon as they are available and contact me “Please”!……
Bob & Destina Pike——————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! And we will let you know as soon as the others are availible! Beth | WBG 🙂
We have 2 orders with you and have already received the 1st order!
And couldn’t be any happier! Our plants and tree are wonderful beautiful and amazing and arrived in great shape and very fast!
“THANK YOU!”…….
We live in Yuma AZ and although we can grow almost anything here getting exotic plants and tree’s we have to order on-line.
Your company is the first company we have ordered from that has not only meet or expectations but has surpassed them!
You have our business for life!
I do need a few more trees and many more bushes and flowers and although your stock is limited we would rather wait for your trees plans shrubs flowers than to ever deal with you so called competition! We are and will be your best small customer forever and will pass this on to all of our friends and family! I need 2 dwarf Japanese maple trees so please pick me out your very best as soon as they are available and contact me “Please”!……
Bob & Destina Pike——————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! And we will let you know as soon as the others are availible! Beth | WBG 🙂
The plants I ordered came in on time , extremely well packaged, and nicely formed. I couldn’t find these junipers anywhere in my area, so I’m really glad to find this mail order source. I would definitely order again from here.——————————–Hi Carol, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Grey Owl Juniper. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words! 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
Healthy good size /shaped plants.—————————-WBG Reply: Hi Martha, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Grey Owl Juniper. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
Once I decided on these for my front yard I found Wilson Bros had the most reasonable price. Shipping was fast. Plants arrived in containers and packed extremely well to keep moisture in. Plants were very healthy with lots of foliage for their size even with the necessary pruning needed for shipping. Would order from them again.
We bought the Grey Owls in spring of 2015 and planted them in a front bed. I wanted to come back to give a review. The plants are doing great and tripled in size since planting them. It’s now Feb 4, 2016. Very pretty juniper. Everyone who comes over wants to know where we got them and I’m quick to tell them Wilson Bros Gardens! Great company with plants of exceptional quality.
We received them early in the morning, plants were carefully packed and in great condition!, next day we planted them, so far so good, they look healthy and happy!





















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