Obelisk Juniper - Juniperus chinensis 'Obelisk'

Obelisk Juniper - Juniperus chinensis 'Obelisk'
Obelisk 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. Cultivated specimens photographed at the Morton Arboretum, northern Illinois, USA.
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Obelisk Juniper
Juniper berries

Obelisk Juniper
These cultivated specimens at the Morton Arboretum were started as grafts 45 years ago.

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:

Chinese juniper (Source: Dict Gard )
yuan bai (Source: F ChinaEng ) [Chinese]
ibuki (Source: F JapanOhwi ) [Japanese]
ibuki-byakushin (Source: F JapanOhwi ) [Japanese]
kamakura-byakushin (Source: F JapanOhwi ) [Japanese]
kong nam tson (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) [Korean]

Economic importance:

Harmful organism host: crop diseases (rust diseases)
Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3; Monog Cupressaceae) (1)

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

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