Holbert Chinese juniper is a blue needled male cultivar shrub in the Cupressaceae (cypress) family. Holbert is a large tough shrub that thrives in heat and dry soil and does well on banks. It can grow to 12 feet wide and 6 feet tall. The needles maintain a gray to blue color year-round. The branches grow horizontally, giving it a layered appearance. Plant in full sun in poor, dry and well-drained soils. Use this plant in problem areas, on banks and to add winter interest. It is heat and drought tolerant. Give this plant plenty of room to spread and avoid pruning, as new growth will often not appear on old wood. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No significant problems. See potential insect problems of conifers fact sheet to the left. The Clemson Cooperative Extension Home and Garden Information Center has a factsheet on common juniper diseases and insect pests. VIDEO created by Andy Pulte for “Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.