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.