Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'
Blue Star Singleseed Juniper

 Plant Type:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage Notes:
Blue (Silvery blue-green evergreen foliage)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Red-brown, ripening to black, cone bearing a single seed)
 Ultimate Height:
1-3 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
1-4 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, except those that are wet
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Silvery blue-green, overlapping, curved, awl-shaped leaves (1/8-1/6" long) in whorls of 3 and with 2 gray to white bands. Ellipsoidal cone (0.25-0.3" long) contains a single ridged seed.

Additional Information

'Blue Star' is low, dense, and mounded with handsome silvery blue-green foliage. This plant gained its common name from the single seed borne by each cone. Widely adapted to soils and climates. Does well in alkaline soils, but not wet soils. Susceptible to bagworms.

3 Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star' found

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= Heritage plant = Memorial plant
Number Accession ID Location
12012_01111*AWOOD
22012_01111*CWOOD
32012_01111*BWOOD

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