Hughes Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis 'Hughes'
JUN-HUG
Silver blue foliage turns light purple in winter on wide spreading, almost horizontal branches forming a dense flat topped juniper. Round waxy blue fruits ripen to dark brown.
Max Elevation: 7500
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Hardy to -40°F
Maximum Elevation: 7,000 ft.
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Blue green foliage highlighted by silver new growth. Dense branching habit produces a compact, cone shaped form. Minimum shearing required.
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Developed and introduced by Fort Collins Wholesale Nursery from a selection made at the Cheyenne Experimental Station that has never been widely available in the trade. Very columnar, but unlike many forms does not exhibit the typical multi-leader type growth indicative of columnar forms of juniper. Branches tend to develop witches' broom-type growth.
Hardy to -40°F
Maximum Elevation: 8,000 ft.