'Blue Star' Juniper
(Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star')
Cupressaceae (Cypress Family)
Juniperus sabina >Broadmoor:= >Broadmoor= Savin Juniper
Location on campus: on east side of drive on north side of Greenwood Lab School, in beds toward
sidewalk on south side of Glass Hall.
· leaves scale-like, opposite, rounded or blunt-tipped; some leaves on young plants or older branchlets awl-like, 1/6" long with midrib on top; strong Asavin@ odor and bitter taste
· male clone
· gray-green foliage color with no purpling in winter
· main lateral branches spread horizontally, from these there are many short branchlets that reach up, and center of plant tends to Amound up@ with age
· slow growth rate
· resistant to Phomopsis blight