Blue Star Singleseed Juniper, Blue Star Flaky Juniper               ju-NIP-er-us skwa-MA-ta

• Conifer, evergreen, rounded, squat shrub (dwarf), 3 ft (1 m) tall by 4 ft (1.2 m), mounded.  Leaves awl-shaped, 6-10 mm long, over-lapping, densely arranged, in whorls of 3, steel-blue, conspicuous white stripe.
• Sun.  Adaptable, tolerates dry soils.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4       Species native to Afghanistan, Himalayas, western China.
• ‘Blue Star’ originated as a witches' broom on ‘Meyeri’ in Holland, introduced in 1964.  Several other cultivars of Juniperus squamata are available, including ‘Blue Carpet’, ‘Holger’, and ‘Meyeri’.
• squamata: scaly, the bark.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: Hort. Garden west of Cordley Hall.