| Description | Saybrook Juniper (Juniperus chinensis) is a low-growing, evergreen shrub of spreading habit with branches clothed with needle-like, bright golden yellow foliage. |
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| Pronunciation | (ju-NIP-er-us)(chi-NEN-sis) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Coniferous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | Needs full sun for best foliage color. Will tolerate some shade. |
| Moisture | average, tolerates dry once established |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | not ornamental |
| Leaves | The foliage is bright yellow in the spring and summer, bronze yellow in winter. |
| Dimensions | 2-3 feet tall by 6 plus feet wide, upright spreading form |
| Propagation | pp 5,014, rooting cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Girard's Nursery, Geneva Ohio USA |
| Author's Notes | I concur with Dirr on this being one of the brightest of all the yellow foliage Junipers. They are so bright, you may need sun glasses to observes them. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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