
Chinese Juniper
- Botanical Name
- Juniperus chinensis
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 9
- Height
- Up to 50 feet
- Width
- 15 to 20 feet
- Flowers
- Often dioecious, some monoecious, not of ornamental value
- Fruit
- Round fleshy cones, whitish-blue with bloom, maturing to brown the second year
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained to dry
- Planting & Care
- Tolerates high pH, salt and clay soil
- Transplants easily
- Problems
- Phomopsis blight
- Varieties
- Aurea - 1-3'x6-8', new growth is yellow
- Old Gold - bronze-gold foliage, 3x4'
- Maneyi - bluish green foliage, 6'x12'
- Sea Green - mint green foliage, 4-6'x6-8'
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