Pfitzer Juniper is a selection of a cross that occurred between the Chinese Juniper and the Savin Juniper. Like its Savin parent, the Pfitzer has the strong savin odor when the foliage is crushed. It is a wide-spreading shrub that often grows about 5 feet high, but can get to 8 feet high or even higher after a long time if not pruned or sheared. The original selection was a male cultivar with green to slightly bluish-green foliage. It was abundantly planted in the Midwestern and Eastern US in the 1950's though the 1970's. It still is used in the early 21st century, but not nearly as much. It has been replaced by many new clones taken from it that are more compact and/or with bluer foliage or foliage with some yellow in it. Many old specimens are still around.

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