Juniperus x media 'Blue Vase' - Blue Vase juniper
Family Cupressaceae
Description:
About fifty species of Juniper are native to North America, Europe, Asia and north Africa. This plant is a hybrid between Juniperus chinensis and J. sabina. Several shrubby hybrids exist ranging in size from less than one foot to about twenty feet tall. ' The foliage of 'Blue Vase' is very dense and is a bright blue-gray color, especially in the new growth.
Location:
See the cultivar 'Blue Vase' between building 45 and parking garage 44.
Size:
A medium sized shrub to about five feet tall and four feet or more wide.
Care Instructions:
Light: full sun
Water: best in a well-drained soil, drought tolerant
Soil: best in a well-drained soil, otherwise not particular
Hybrid junipers grow well in northeast Florida provided they have a well-drained, sunny site.