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Juniperus
chinensis 'Pfitzeriana' |
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Pfitzer
Juniper |
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Wide
spreading, dense, vase-shaped to flat-topped
shrub with light, feathery foliage. |
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5 feet tall with a spread of 10 feet, but capable of growing
3 times those values, if allowed. |
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Plants are
dioecious.
Male cones are orange-yellow in
color, females are yellowish and not showy. |
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Leaves are
of 2 types: awl-like and scale-like. Juvenile
leaves are awl-like, ⅓ inch long, spreading,
in whorls of 3, with 2 bluish-white bands above,
sharp pointed. Adult leaves are scale-like,
closely pressed, overlapping and diamond shaped,
arranged in 4 ranks of opposite pairs, bright
green in color. |
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Cones are
rounded, ¼ inch in diameter at first
whitish-blue bloomy, becoming dark brown. |
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