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Pseudo Eau Claire, WI(Zone 4a) Apr 20, 2014

This is Juniperus scopulorum 'Whichita Blue'. Some of the foliage tips have turned a light pink, which I hope is obvious to you. Is it common for them to show pink winter damage, perhaps because of their glaucousness?

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Apr 20, 2014

Is that the same as the Whichita State Shockers that UK knocked out of the NCAA tournament...

I think that color is due to glaucoma - yours.

It is normal for many Juniperus sp. foliage to discolor due to exposure to low winter temps and wind dessication. There are more than a few here that gain some of that purplishness (not so much pink) for a few winter months, and then freshen up to their normal green with the onset of spring growth activity.

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Weerobin Saint Louis, MO(Zone 6a) Apr 21, 2014

While I'm not a fan of many of the variegated junipers and chamaecyparis, I do like my juniperus chinensis torulosa variegata. I don't have a very good picture of it (this one is the only one I can find and it doesn't do the plant justice; it's next to a dwarf pinus sylvestris Moseri). I noticed this past harsh winter burned specifically the yellow foliage, not the green. So this spring my plant is a brown & green variegate, not so nice. I'm hoping the yellow foliage freshens up soon!

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