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Compact Pfitzer Juniper
Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Pfitzeriana Compacta'
Compact Pfitzer Juniper is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Compact Pfitzer Juniper
Plant it in full sun. It prefers low water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–8. Expect it to reach about 3.5 ft tall and 3.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 10 years (checked).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
- Listed as poisonous to people by Royal Horticultural Society.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
What was checked
Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Compact Pfitzer Juniper
Plant Compact Pfitzer Juniper in spring once the soil is workable, or by very early fall at the latest: an evergreen needs its roots down well before the ground freezes. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 8, that is March to May, or August on the fall side.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Compact Pfitzer Juniper get?
3.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult3.5 ftwideSee Compact Pfitzer Juniper in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Compact Pfitzer Juniper
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Compact Pfitzer Juniper about 3.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Compact Pfitzer Juniper to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Compact Pfitzer Juniper's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, years to mature size and trait tags were checked against 7 published sources on October 18, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources. Bloom was checked as well: Compact Pfitzer Juniper bears no flowers, so there is no bloom window for a source to carry.
- NC State ExtensionGardener Plant Toolboxheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and trait tags
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and trait tags
- Chicago Botanic Gardenheight, hardiness zones, sun and water
- pepinieres-minier.frMinier Solution Proheight, spread, sun and years to mature size
- pridescorner.comPrides Corner Farmsheight, spread and hardiness zones
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Findersun
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
Good to know about Compact Pfitzer Juniper
Curated from university extensions, botanic gardens and other primary sources, with the source named on every note.
Safety
Toxicity depends on the species. Savin (Juniperus sabina) is dangerous: its oil can cause miscarriage and liver damage. Common junipers show no such effect. Never use juniper oil internally. per Molecules
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