Skyrocket Juniper - Male or Female - Knowledgebase Question

Fruits and Vegetables
Sacramento, CA
Question by Jenny_Bosick
December 29, 2006
Is the skyrocket juniper a female plant? I believe so because the website says it is fruit bearing, but I would like to confirm this. I have allergy problems and cannot plant male junipers. Therefore, if skyrocket is male, can you provide the name of a female alternative? Thank you.


Image
Answer from NGA
December 29, 2006

0

 Skyrocket juniper is considered monoecious (having both male and female flowers on the same plant). Junipers can be either monoecious or dioecious but determining which is which is difficult because they are grown from cuttings and will be a clone of their parent. Normally the berry production is not a deciding factor in junipers; mostly they are chosen for their shape, size or color and then propagated for those reasons, not for their ability to produce berries. For that reason, they are generally not identified as male or female. However, Skyrocket will produce both male and female flowers. Hope this information is helpful.

You must be signed in before you can post questions or answers. Click here to join!

« Return to the Garden Knowledgebase Homepage

Member Login:

[ Join now ]

Garden.org Homepage
Help using the site
About
Contact
Terms of Service
Privacy
Memberlist
Acorns
Links
Ask a Question
Getting Started Gardening
Newsletter
NGA Merch

© 1972 - 2021 National Gardening Association

Times are presented in US Central Standard Time

Pinterest
Facebook
Youtube
Twitter
Instagram

Today's site banner is by arctangent and is called "Mother Nature's Garden"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.