Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Daub's Frosted': Pfitzer Juniper with Gold-Frosted Foliage

Juniperus × pfitzeriana 'Daub's Frosted' is an evergreen shrub with a low, spreading habit and attractive two-toned foliage. Pendulous foliage tips are frosted with gold on the upper surface and blue-green on the underside. Reaches 15 inches tall by 5 feet wide at maturity. Dark purple fruit becomes paler later.

Noteworthy Characteristics

Effective in group plantings that showcase its interesting foliage color.

Care

Grows best in well-drained soil and full sun to part shade, but tolerates a wide variety of soils and conditions.

Propagation

Take ripe cuttings in late autumn through winter and root in a humid cold frame. Or take softwood cuttings in summer under mist with bottom heat.

Problems

Leaf miners, bark beetles, scale insects, aphids, mites, caterpillars. Phomopsis twig blight, Gymnosporangium (cedar-apple) rust, dieback and canker, lesion nematodes, brown felt blight, and various heart and wood rots.

Overview

• Height: 1–3 ft.
• Spread: 3–6 ft.
• Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
• Moisture: Dry to Medium
• Characteristics: Showy Foliage, Showy Fruit
• Foliage Color: Colorful/Burgundy Foliage
• Uses: Beds and Borders, Specimen Plant/Focal Point
• Style: Rock Garden
• Type: Shrubs