'Broadmoor' Juniper

Juniperus sabina 'Broadmoor'

Cupressaceae (Cypress Family)

▲▼ spreading plants, showing a "mounding" toward center of plant

▲▼ spreading plants, showing a "mounding" toward center of plant

▲closer view of leaves-- has both scale and awl-like leaves

Location on campus:  north of Kemper Hall, in long bed in median of drive into/out of Bear Park South.

Juniperus sabina ‘Broadmoor:’ ‘Broadmoor’ Savin Juniper     

·         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 ""savin" 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 "mound up" with age

·         Slow growth rate

·         Resistant to Phomopsis blight