Identifying Juniper Species, Cultivar

[MrMiagtree]

I recently picked upn his juniper on deep discount from a store front going out of business. However, the owner couldn't tell me what type of juniper this is. She thought Chinese, but it has no scaling to the foliage. Any thoughts? Just trying to map out a care plan.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

I'm going with juniperus procumbens (not the nana variety) or juniperus chinensis var. Stricta, which is a needled chinensis cultivar.

But my money would be on procumbens since stricta tends to grow more woody faster. Procumbens can have green shoots for almost an entire year sometimes.

 

[leatherback]

or squamata?

 

[MrMiagtree]

I'm going with juniperus procumbens (not the nana variety) or juniperus chinensis var. Stricta, which is a needled chinensis cultivar.

But my money would be on procumbens since stricta tends to grow more woody faster. Procumbens can have green shoots for almost an entire year sometimes.

I see what you're saying but this is supposedly an 18 year old tree, with no scaled foliage. The shop owner thinks chinensis, but she's not the one who acquired it. Her son did, and he wasn't present.

 

[MrMiagtree]

or squamata?

This seems to be what I'm leaning towards. Blue foliage in little star patterns.