Shrub Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Aurea Improved' [sold as Gold Coast®] [Gold Coast Pfitzer Juniper] This variant is compact and spreading with lacy, golden needles that hold their color through the winter. Widely adaptable to soils and climates. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants.
Shrub Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Kallay’s Compacta' [Compact Pfitzer Juniper] This flat-topped cultivar is compact, low growing, and wide spreading with deep green foliage. Widely adaptable to soils and climates, except for low light conditions. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants.
Shrub Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Monlep' [sold as Mint Julep™] [Mint Julep Pfitzer Juniper] This cultivar has gracefully arching branches covered in attractive, bright mint green foliage. Widely adaptable to soils and climates, except for low light conditions. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants.
Shrub Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Pfitzeriana' [Pfitzer Juniper] The Pfitzer Juniper is a very old and very popular cultivar known for its grayish-green foliage and dense, broad, spreading form. Widely adaptable to soils and climates, except for low light conditions. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants.
Shrub Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Pfitzeriana Aurea' [Golden Pfitzer Juniper] This popular cultivar is wide-spreading and moderately flat-topped with bright green mature foliage and attractive, slightly drooping golden yellow young shoots. Widely adaptable to soils and climates, except for low light conditions. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants.
Shrub Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Pfitzeriana Glauca' [Blue Pfitzer Juniper] The Blue Pfitzer Juniper is a male cultivar that has distinctly bluish foliage and a dense, broad, spreading form. Widely adaptable to soils and climates, except for low light conditions. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants.
Shrub Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Pfitzeriana Nelson’s Compact' [Nelson's Compact Pfitzer Juniper] This slow-growing cultivar is compact with bluish-green foliage that has a whitish-cast. Widely adaptable to soils and climates, except for low light conditions. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants.
Shrub Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Pfitzeriana Owens' [Owens Pfitzer Juniper] The Owens Pfitzer Juniper has a compact, low-growing, and spreading form. Widely adaptable to soils and climates, except for low light conditions. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants.
Shrub Juniperus sabina 'Arcadia' [Arcadia Savin Juniper] 'Arcadia' is a hardy (USDA zone 3), juniper blight resistant, low-growing juniper featuring dense layers of kelly-green branches. Widely adapted to soils and climates. Tolerant of slightly alkaline, but not wet, soils. Plants of all ages are susceptible to mite infestation. Does not do well in high humidity and high night temperature environments. Can develop a dingy green color in winter; does not develop a purple-tinge in cold weather like J. horizontalis.
