Juniperus deppeana 'McFetters'
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Michael Dirr Juniperus deppeana 'McFetters'
Michael Dirr
Juniperus deppeana 'McFetters'
Juniperus deppeana 'McFetters' (click for large image)
McFetters Alligator Juniper
Common Names:
  • McFetters Alligator Juniper
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McFetters Alligator Juniper
 
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Origin:

  Arizona, New Mexico, southwest Texas and Mexico  

Sun/Water Requirements:

  Requires full sun.
Moderate to dry conditions.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 6 to Zone 9

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 15' to 30'.
Dirr says: "grows 1 1/2' per year, broad pyramid or round-topped tree. The characteristic brown bark is broken into small "alligator hide" scales."

Flowers:

  Color(s): Green
 

Foliage:

  Needle Evergreen
Color: Leaves are bluish-green in the summer.
Dirr says: "The color is better than any J. scopulorum or Cupressus taxa in the J.C. Raulston Arboretum (Raleigh, North Carolina)"  

Fruit:

  Color: Purple, Black
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a hedge plant.
Can be used as a grouping plant.

Dirr says: "I have doubts about species from low rainfall, hot, dry climates of the Southwest ever gaining a long term foothold in the east."

Other:

  Is Resistant to Drought
Is Heat Tolerant
 
Juniperus deppeana 'McFetters' is hardy in these areas:
Alameda, CAAlamo, CAAmerican Canyon, CA
Angwin, CAAntioch, CABaltimore, MD
Bayside, NYBronx, NYBrooklyn, NY
Brownsville, TXCanton, MICharlottesville, VA
College Point, NYCorona, NYDanville, CA
Detroit, MIDublin, CAEast Elmhurst, NY
East Greenville, PAEast Texas, PAEaston, PA
Ecorse, MIEl Cerrito, CAElmhurst, NY
Emmaus, PAEssex, CAFairfield, CA
Fawnskin, CAFerndale, MIFlorence, SC
Flushing, NYFontana, CAForest Falls, CA
Forest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VAFremont, CA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGwynn Oak, MD
Hamtramck, MIHarper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MI
Highland Park, MIHunt Valley, MDJackson Heights, NY
Leasburg, NCLexington, NCLiberty, NC
Linwood, NCLittle Neck, NYLudlow, CA
Macomb, MIMarysville, MIMaspeth, NY
Memphis, MIMercedes, TXMiddle Village, NY
Mission, TXModesto, CAMoreno Valley, CA
Morgantown, WVMount Clemens, MINew Baltimore, MI
New Haven, MINew York, NYNewark, CA
Newport News, VANorth Street, MINottingham, MD
Oakland Gardens, NYOakley, CAOakville, CA
Olmito, TXOrinda, CAParkville, MD
Penitas, TXPharr, TXPhelan, CA
Philadelphia, PAPikesville, MDPinole, CA
Pinon Hills, CAPittsburg, CAPleasanton, CA
Pope Valley, CAPort Costa, CAPort Isabel, TX
Progreso, TXRedlands, CARego Park, NY
Rialto, CARidgewood, NYRimforest, CA
River Rouge, MIRosedale, MDSaratoga, CA
Soquel, CASparrows Point, MDStaten Island, NY
Taylor, MI
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