Outstanding Features:
Excellent evergreen foliage.

Description:
Height: 8-15'
Width: 6-12'
Hardiness Zone: 4a but varies with cultivar.

A broad columnar tree form is typical for the species. However there are many cultivars which vary from very wide spreading shrub forms to columnar tree forms. Foliage color ranges from clear green to bluish or grayish green. Plants are dioecious, with females producing berry like cones. Cones are dark blue or brown with a white bloom.

Requirements and Culture:
Requires a well drained soil in a sunny location. Adaptable to different soil pH; tolerates fairly alkaline soils.

Limitations:
Susceptible to red spider mites. Some cultivars are occasionally susceptible to winter browning.

Selected Cultivars:

'Ames'- has a broad upright growth habit growing to 8-10 ft. Has excellent foliage quality with dark green needles.

'Hetzii'- has ascending branches to 15 ft. in height and spread if not pruned. Silvery blue foliage and showy fruits.

'Maneyi'- also has a spreading habit of growth. It is a little taller, and habit is more upright than 'Pfitzeriana'. Has blue-green foliage and showy fruit.

'Mountbatten'- has dark blue-green foliage. Narrow, pyramidal plant habit to 15 ft. tall.

'Pfitzeriana'- is a commonly used spreading juniper. Can reach 6 ft. in height and 8 - 10ft. in width.

Photo Credit: 1 & 2 MLA; 3 DCTC. All photographs are the cultivar 'Iowa'.

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