Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Pfitzeriana'
Pfitzer Juniper

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Bright green evergreen foliage; both needle-like and scale-like)
 Fruit Notes:
Blue;brown (Dioecious; female: whitish blue to brown cones; male: dark brown cones)
 Ultimate Height:
4-5 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
10-15 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, except those that are wet
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Adult leaves (0.06" long) are scale-like, rhombic, very stiff, and typically 4-ranked in opposite pairs. Adult abaxial leaf surface has a paler margin, and a small glandular depression. Juvenile growth always produces awl-like leaves (0.3-0.5"). Awl leaves are spreading in whorls of 3 or opposite, with green midrib and 2 glaucous bands above, ending in a spiny point. New growth is moderately drooping. Branches come out at 45 degree angles.

Additional Information

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.

6 Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Pfitzeriana' found

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Number Accession ID Location
12009_13350*AHORTPARK
22009_13349*AHORTPARK
32012_01282*BMRRT
42009_13352*AHORTPARK
52012_01282*AMRRT
62009_13351*AHORTPARK

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