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Keteleer Chinese Juniper

Tagged as: large evergreen

Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis 'Keteleeri'
Common Name: Keteleer Chinese Juniper

Updated 3/2013


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Juniperus chinensis 'Keteleeri' at The Morton Arboretum Juniperus chinensis 'Keteleeri' cones
needles fruits


Height: 15-20' Spread: 15-20'  Habit/Form: Broadly pyramidal Rate: Slow Zone: 4-9

Cultural Requirements: Transplants best when young in full sun; well-drained soil; tolerant of dry soil once established; disease resistant

Ornamental Characteristics: Light to medium green prickly, scale-like needles; large, blue-green globose cones

Use in the Landscape: Hedge, screen, specimen

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