General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Tree
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 8b
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| Plant Height: |
8 to 32 feet |
| Leaves: |
Evergreen
Needled
Other: Bluish-green in color
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| Fruit: |
Showy
Other: Black, berry-like cones, each containing a single seed
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| Uses: |
Provides winter interest
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| Resistances: |
Deer Resistant
Pollution
Drought tolerant
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| Propagation: Seeds: |
Self fertile
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| Pollinators: |
Wind
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| Conservation status: |
Least Concern (LC)
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- Flaky Juniper
- Singleseed Juniper
- Single-seed Juniper
- Himalayan Juniper
- Nepalese Juniper
- Accepted: Juniperus squamata
- Synonym: Juniperus squamata var. fargesii
Posted by
ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Apr 25, 2019 10:03 AM concerning plant:
This Singleseed Juniper is native to western China, the Himalayas, and Afghanistan. It is a very variable plant from small tree to a low or prostrate shrub ranging from 6 feet to 25 feet high. It has prickly grey-green to blue-green foliage of all overlapping awl-shaped needles. The straight species is not used in horticulture. Instead, there are a number of cultivars in the form of low and prostrate shrubs. The prostrate forms are very similar to the Japanese Garden Juniper of Juniperus procumbens. I saw one photo of the mother species in Dr. Dirr's woody plant class at the University of Illinois, and it looked like the world's ugliest juniper.
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