[IBC] Blaauw question
 

Does anyone know the correct botanical name for the 'Blaauw' juniper.
I´ve seen Juniperus chinesis X media 'Blaauw', as well as just Juniperus
chinesis 'Blauuw' and Juniperus X pfitzeriana 'Blaauw'. A nerdy question
but hey I´m a bonsai nerd ;-).

Henrik Gistvall, Uppsala, Sweden

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[IBC] Blaauw question
 

Michael Dirr lists it as: Juniperus chinensis 'Blaauw', described thus:
"Foliage is a rich blue-green, dense-growing, upright form, reminds me of a
number of wide V's stacked upon each other, 4 to 6' high and wide (?);
introduced from Japan by J. Blaauw and Company of Holland about 1924."

David J. Bockman, Fairfax, VA (USDA Hardiness Zone 7)
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Does anyone know the correct botanical name for the 'Blaauw' juniper.
I´ve seen Juniperus chinesis X media 'Blaauw', as well as just Juniperus
chinesis 'Blauuw' and Juniperus X pfitzeriana 'Blaauw'. A nerdy question
but hey I´m a bonsai nerd ;-)

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[IBC] Blaauw question
 

"David J. Bockman" wrote:

Michael Dirr lists it as: Juniperus chinensis 'Blaauw', described thus:
"Foliage is a rich blue-green, dense-growing, upright form, reminds me of a
number of wide V's stacked upon each other, 4 to 6' high and wide (?);
introduced from Japan by J. Blaauw and Company of Holland about 1924."


David's reply is pretty well it. I looked up this juniper in "Conifers - The
Illustrated Encyclopedia" (D.M. van Geldren and J.R.P. van Hoey Smith). At p. 259
they refer to it as Juniperus chinensis 'Blaauw'. A dense, bushy plant with dark
blue-green foliage. It is of Japanese origin, but named by Blaauw and Co., Boskoop,
The Netherlands. Now classified with the Plumosa Group."

By the way, this juniper is very popular with us. It's actually the next best thing
to a Shimpaku. It is extremely winter hardy, develops quickly and makes attractive
bonsai.

FYI, there was a story going around some time ago that suggested the"Blaauwi" was
propagated from a sport by the above nursery. Whether or not that is true, I don't
know. Also, you wouldn't believe how many different ways "Baauw or Blaauwi" is
spelled! :)

John Biel
Toronto ON Canada

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John Biel wrote:

By the way, this juniper is very popular with us. It's actually the next best thing
to a Shimpaku. It is extremely winter hardy, develops quickly and makes attractive
bonsai.

Yes I agree. It is one of the most common used junipers for bonsai here
in Sweden.

FYI, there was a story going around some time ago that suggested the"Blaauwi" was
propagated from a sport by the above nursery. Whether or not that is true, I don't
know. Also, you wouldn't believe how many different ways "Baauw or Blaauwi" is
spelled! :)

I always thought it was a cross between Juniperus chinesis and Juniperus
sabina, hence the X media. But you might be right.

Henrik Gistvall, Uppsala, Sweden

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[IBC] Blaauw question
 

I always thought it was a cross between Juniperus chinesis and Juniperus
sabina, hence the X media. BRBR

Juniperus xmedia has been abolished, except for the Pfitzeriana alliance.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
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