Blue Point Juniper

Juniperus chinensis ‘Blue Point’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3b-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Coniferous Evergreen Shrub

Height at Maturity: 10-14′

Width at Maturity: 4-5′

Spacing: 4-4.5′ for solid hedges; 10’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Conical

Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast

Flower Color: None

Flower Size: NA

Flowering Period: NA

Flower Type: NA

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Blue

Fragrant Foliage: Yes

Berries: Yes

Berry Color: Blue

Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Light Afternoon Shade

Water Needs: Very Low when established

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist or Dry

Soil pH: 6.0 – 7.5 (Moderately Acid to Slightly Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Very Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat

Description

The Blue Point Juniper is an attractive evergreen conifer with dense, bright blue foliage that grows naturally in a conical form with no pruning necessary. As conifers go, it is considered fast growing, adding maybe a foot or so in height per year until it reaches maturity at 12 to 14 feet in height. Its size makes it an excellent choice for a mid-size privacy screen or to frame corners in home foundation plantings.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Its upright habit and dense foliage you can’t see through makes the Blue Point Juniper an ideal selection for a dense privacy screen or windbreak, to mark each side of an entry way, as a colorful specimen plant, or to frame in the corners of a home or other structure in the sunny landscape. An excellent addition to Asian Gardens, Bird Gardens, Conifer Gardens, Rock Gardens, Xeriscape Gardens (Low Water Needs).

Suggested Spacing: 4 to 4.5 feet apart for solid hedges and privacy screens; 10 feet apart for space between plants

Growing Preferences

The Blue Point Juniper is easy to grow in most any average, moist to somewhat dry well-drained soils and full sun to mostly sun. It is a very low maintenance plant and exceptionally drought tolerant when established. No pruning is necessary.

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