| Description | 'Wichita Blue' Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum) is a pyramidal blue-grey Juniper reaching over 12-15 feet tall. |
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| Pronunciation | (ju-NIP-er-us)(skop-u-LO-rum) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Coniferous, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-7 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | insignificant flowers |
| Fruit | fleshy dark glaucous blue cones |
| Leaves | bright silvery blue foliage |
| Dimensions | 18 plus feet tall and 5-8 feet spread or greater, pyramidal |
| Maintenance | has problems with a few diseases in our area |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | The species Juniperus scopulorum "Rocky Mountain Juniper" grows from Canada to Texas. |
| Author's Notes | Had to remove two of these in my yard. They just got too large (8 feet spread by over 15 feet tall) and were having disease problems causing branches to get brown and die. |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #136-Gardening with Conifers (Adrian Bloom) |
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