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 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.
Shrub Juniperus sabina 'Blaue Donau' [sold as Blue Danube™] [Blue Danube Savin Juniper] This cultivar has blue-green foliage on moderately-upright, arching branches. Widely adapted to soils and climates. Tolerant of slightly alkaline soils. Variable in form, resulting in several distinct varietal forms. Young plants can be injured by juniper blight in some areas. 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…
Shrub Juniperus sabina 'Von Ehren' [Von Ehren Savin Juniper] The vase-shaped 'Von Ehren' has widely spreading branches and branchlets with light to dark green foliage. Juniper blight resistant. 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.
Shrub/Tree Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket' [Skyrocket Rocky Mountain Juniper] 'Skyrocket' has an extremely narrow, fastigiate form and silvery blue-green foliage. Widely adapted to soils and climates. Does well in alkaline soils, but not wet soils. Alternate host for cedar-apple rust disease. Plant other juniper species in areas having many apples, hawthorns, etc. Susceptible to bagworms.
Shrub/Tree Juniperus scopulorum 'Welchii' [Welch Rocky Mountain Juniper] 'Welchii' is compact and comlumnar with blue-green foliage that is silver when emerging. Widely adapted to soils and climates. Does well in alkaline soils, but not wet soils. Alternate host for cedar-apple rust disease. Plant other juniper species in areas having many apples, hawthorns, etc. Susceptible to bagworms.
