Juniperus squamata 'Variegata'
Variegated Singleseed Juniper

 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage Notes:
White (Creamy white new shoots); Green (Bluish-green evergreen foliage that becomes tinged with purple in the winter)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Red-brown, ripening to black, cone bearing a single seed)
 Ultimate Height:
1 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
4-5 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, except those that are wet
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Overlapping, curved, awl-shaped leaves (1/8-1/6" long) in whorls of 3 and with 2 gray to white bands. New growth is creamy white. Ellipsoidal cone (0.25-0.3" long) contains a single ridged seed.
  Special Characteristics:
  • Foliage Characteristics 73
  • Border 368
  • Foundation 183
  • Groundcover 54
  • Mass Plantings 268
  • Drought Tolerant 275
  • Pest and/or Disease Resistant 96
  • Pollution Tolerant 217
  • Tolerant of Poor Site Conditions 186

    • Additional Information

    'Variegata' is a low-growing and spreading shrub with creamy white new shoots. 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.

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