Blue Star Juniper
Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star (tree form)'
Overview
The Blue Star Juniper is an amazing coniferous shrub due to its elegance and impressive light bluish foliage. Growing in tree form, it has an airy and open growth habit, offering an attractive low-maintenance evergreen accent in any landscape setting. It can produce a beautiful silver-green foliage covering, feature in gardens year-round. The attractive foliage turns to a deep purple during the winter months. It loves full sun, so it flourishes in heat tolerant areas. Its scale-like foliage also make excellent wind protection for your garden. With a moderate growth rate and little care, the Blue Star Juniper is the perfect choice for gardeners who want a year-round colour pop in their outdoor space.
Care Guide
Watering
The Blue Star Juniper should be watered once a week; however, during particularly hot and dry weather, the plant should be watered twice a week. It is important to water the juniper deeply so that the soil is saturated up to 2-3 inches below the surface. In addition to regular watering, it is important to make sure that the soil is not waterlogged during the summer months.
Light
Generally, these plants prefer full sun, meaning 8-10 hours of direct sunlight. In northern climates, they can tolerate some dappled shade or partial shade for most of the day. In southern climates, it is best to avoid shade and provide the Blue Star Juniper with full sun all day. When providing sunlight to the plant, keep in mind that the juniper prefers hot, dry climates and temperatures. To prevent leaf burn, it is best to provide periods of indirect sunlight rather than direct sun throughout the hottest parts of the day.
Soil
Rocky , gravelly , dry, Well-drained
Temperature
Hardiness zone 4-4.
Pruning
The Blue Star Juniper (Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star (tree form)') should be lightly pruned in late spring or early summer. In light of its quite dense canopy, you may want to thin out a little bit of that canopy each year- but no more than 15% of the foliage. Furthermore, allow the tree to grow rather freely and without high maintenance pruning. The Blue Star Juniper (Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star (tree form)') should only be pruned to thin out the canopy and to remove any deadwood.
Propagation
Cutting, Grafting Propagation, Layering Propagation, Air Layering Propagation, Seed Propagation
Diseases & Pests
Common pests: Dieback, Heart rot, Leaf miner insect, Mites, Nematodes, Rust, Scale insects, Deer resistant, Drought resistant .
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