Ashe's Juniper
Juniperus asheiAshe's Juniper is a tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 5–50 ft tall and 30 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms white and brown in Jan, Feb and Dec. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies.
Caution — people. Not toxic, but the pollen is the primary cause of Central Texas cedar fever.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–7 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 5–50 ft
- Spread
- 30 ft
- Bloom
- Jan, Feb, Dec · white, brown
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, limestone, sand, shallow, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
8,803 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.