Juniperus virginiana 'Hillspire' is a narrowly conical, male selection of eastern red-cedar with fastigiate branching that is fully clothed with attractive, dark-green, scale-like foliage. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 6 to 8 feet (2 - 2.5 m) tall and 4 feet (1.3 m) wide, an annual growth rate of 6 to 8 inches (15 - 20 cm).
(Ken Church) A conical form of a dark green color.
This cultivar originated as a seedling selected in the 1920s by D. Wyman of D. Hill Nurseries, Dundee, Illinois. This conifer is also known as J. virginiana 'Cupressifolia'.
