Blue Vase Juniper Juniperus chinensis 'Blue Vase'
- Phonetic Spelling
- jew-NIP-er-us chi-NEN-sis
- Description
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Blue Vase Juniper is a needled evergreen shrub in the cypress family originally found in Asia. It has an upright spreading habit giving it a vase shape and grows 3-5 feet tall and 2-4 feet wide. The steel blue foliage holds it's color year-long.
Plant in average, moist, well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade. It is tolerant of most soil types, even clay, but does not grow well in poorly-drained ones. Use the shrub as a specimen, in foundation gardens. It is tolerant of urban conditions and drought once established. Details of Juniperus chinensis follow, many of which apply to Blue Vase.
The Clemson Cooperative Extension Home and Garden Information Center factsheet on common juniper diseases and insect pests.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Juniperus
- Species:
- chinensis
- Family:
- Cupressaceae
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Stem Cutting
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- China, Mongolia, Japan, Himalayas
- Play Value:
- Colorful
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- Resistant to deer, air pollution, drought tolerant, salt tolerant
- Dimensions:
- Height: 3 ft. 0 in. - 5 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 2 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Needled Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Dense
- Vase
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- Low
- Texture:
- Coarse
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil pH:
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Description:
- No true fruits, but female cones are blue, fleshy "berry" looking and edible, often used as a seasoning.
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Flowers:
- Flower Description:
- No flowers, but cones are large and brown and fall apart upon maturity. Females' cone of light blue, fleshy "berry"
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Needled Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Blue
- Leaf Feel:
- Prickly
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Leaf Type:
- Needles
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Dense, steel blue scale-like foliage.
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Bark:
- Bark Description:
- Ridged and fissured peeling in strips
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Lawn
- Landscape Theme:
- Asian Garden
- Rock Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Foundation Planting
- Specimen
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
- Drought
- Pollution
- Salt
