Taylor Juniper

Botanical Name: Juniperus virginiana ‘Taylor’

Common Name: Taylor Juniper

Mature Height and Width:
15–20' tall × 3–4' wide

Growth Habit: Narrow, strongly upright columnar evergreen with tight vertical branching. Maintains a slender profile without shearing. Moderate growth rate.

Foliage Description: Fine-textured, scale-like blue-green foliage with a cool cast. Dense along vertical stems, forming a tight column.

Flower Description: Inconspicuous; not grown for ornamental bloom.

Bloom Time: Not applicable

Fall Color: Evergreen

Light Requirements: Full sun for strongest density and color.

Hardiness Zone: USDA Zones 4–9

Notable Landscape Uses:
Privacy screening in narrow spaces; vertical accent; property line screening; driveway edges; formal landscape rhythm planting; windbreak component.

Deer Resistance: High
Eastern red cedar derivatives are generally resistant to deer browsing. Foliage is aromatic and rarely heavily damaged in Zones 5–7.