Ames Juniper - Juniperus chinensis 'Ames'
Family Cupressaceae. Also commonly called Chinese Juniper
Cultivated specimens photographed at the Morton Arboretum, northern Illinois, USA.
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Ames Juniper - Juniperus chinensis 'Ames'
Ames Juniper at Frost Hill
Ames juniper is an intermediate sized, dense ornamental evergreen which prefers full sun and well-drained soil. Drought and wind resistant, it is also salt-tolerant. It is used in the landscape as a specimen, screen, or in group plantings. Blue to purple berry-like globular cones persist for two years.
Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Soviet Far East: Russian Federation - Kurile Islands, Sakhalin
    Mongolia: Mongolia
    China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu [s.], Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei [w.],
    Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Nei Monggol, Shaanxi [s.], Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea; Taiwan [e.]
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indo-China: Myanmar
  • also cultivated
Common names:

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Ames Juniper - Juniperus chinensis 'Ames'

References:
1. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN)

 
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