Blue Star Juniper

'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 '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