Scientific name: Juniperus sabina

Common name:  savin juniper

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 3

Mature height and spread: 1.3-2m tall and wide

Form: mound. Spreading.

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: scale-like.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: blue/green cone.

Limitations: doesn’t like traffic next to it.

Suitable uses: ground cover, hedge

Quick ID: conifer. Evergreen. Shrub. Europe. Scale-like. Smells of cat pee. Overlapping, decussate leaves. Smaller leaves than other juniper. Juvenile leaves more needle like, adult leaves more scale-like.

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