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Spiny Greek Juniper is a good selection where semi-dwarf trees are wanted 
Spiny Greek Juniper 
(Juniperus excelsa stricta) 
HIS little tree has been in great favor for many years. It has been more 
extensively used in the eastern and southern states but is now becom- 
ing popular in the middle west. 
It requires a sunny dry situation for best development and under those 
conditions develops a close, dense growth of sharp prickly needles of very 
glaucous blue color. 
The mother tree is a native of Greece and Asia. This horticultural form was 
first produced many years ago in the Rollenson Nursery at Tooting, England. 
Its growth is rather broad, tapering to a pointed terminal top. In this 
locality trees seldom reach more than four or five feet high with a spread of 
One of the most compact and shapely of all dwarf slow growing 21% to 3 feet. It grows slowly and is, therefore, of great value in foundation 
Evergreens is the Spiny Greek Juniper plantings and rock gardens. 


Koster Redcedar 
Koster Redeedar 
(Juniperus virginiana kosteri) 
HIS is a low tree with spreading branches, 
which spread out almost horizontally, mak- 
ing long stiff branches. This growing habit 
gives it an in-between style of growth, but some- 
what less tall than the Pfitzer Juniper and higher 
than the grafted forms. It has attractive bluish 
green foliage which it retains throughout the 
: : ; year. This is not a well-known variety, but an 
Trees in foreground are Andorra. Bluish trees in background Silver Redcedar. Upright ? 
dark green trees are Japanese Yews. The whole making a pleasing contrast of color and old one which we have had in the nursery for 
form at all seasons many years. It originated in Holland. 
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