The following junipers have been judged to be worthy of use in gardens in the Midwest. One of the key to the desirability of many of them is their resistance to common diseases such as rust or phomopsis blight.

Shrub form  Upright form
Juniperus chinensis ‘Echiniformis’  ‘Ames’
(Resistant to rust) Gold Star ‘Iowa’
‘Klehm Compact’ ‘Mountbatten’
‘Sea Green’ ‘Shoosmith’
‘Old Gold’
var. sargentii ‘Glauca’ (phomopsis blight resistant)
Juniperus communis  ‘Depressa Aurea’
(phomopsis blight resistant) var. depressa Blueberry Delight
‘Petite’
‘Hornibrookii’
‘Repanda’
Juniperus horizontalis ‘Wiltoni’
(all subject to phomopsis blight)
Juniperus procumbens ‘Nana’
(phomopsis blight resistant) ‘Prostrata’
Juniperus sabina Calgary Carpet
Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Star’
‘Holger’
Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’  ‘Canaertii’
(upright forms susceptable to rust) ‘Hillspire’ (‘Cupressifolia’)
‘Pseudocupressus’ = Princeton Sentry
 

 

 
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