'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