Did you read the paragraph at the page you linked to? It gives another name for it, says where it came from.

Yes I read the paragraph. I already knew where it came from. It still does not give me the information I was looking for.

It's 'Floreant' instead if 'Floriant'.
It was found in The Netherlands by Wim van Nierop and named for the Boskoop's soccer team.

'Boyko's Starburst' is a look alike, but still another cultivar, which has nothing to do with the 'Floreant'.
It was found in The U.S. by Jim Boyko.

Imo the 'Floreant' is more like a golden variegated, while the variegated foliage of the 'Boyko's Starburst does have more whitish-yellow colour.

Please, don't plant it at a whole day sunny location.
It's better to avaid the afternoon sun, otherwise there's a very big chance that the yellow parts will get burned...

Good luck!

my stardust .. from gee tree ... [i will have to post a pic and get a proper ID on it, as my database doesnt show joy ever favored me with such ]

pics of which always got comment from Bethlehem nursery ... under a different name which i dont recall ...

is buried in my roving euphorbia .... near phlox ...

after so many years.. it is still a relatively small bun..

white burned off in MI for a few years after planting ..... but it is usually under snow cover to avoid such ...

in all the years here in the conifer forum.. this might be the first post i ever saw.. asking for color combos.. like we might see in the annual or perennial forums ... we conifer nuts barely deal with this... we dont see the other plants... lol ..

anyway... my point is.. you might try the same post in those forums.. coming at it from the other side of the equation ...

good luck.. and enjoy it ...

ken

EDIT: if i were to do the color thing .. i would start with the color wheel .... and find that on the color wheel .... opposite the base blue.. is .. w/o looking.. a deep pink/salmon/orangey ..... and once confirmed.. that is where i would go ... opposite colors intensify each other .... and perhaps.. that is why my euphorbia works ... that or i am too lazy to pull them out.. as they ramble around that bed ... lol .. and the white highlights.. would just be a bonus to the base color comparison ....

Here is a link that might be useful:

This post was edited by ken_adrian on Wed, Jul 31, 13 at 8:51

Thanks for the comments and color wheel.
Planted it near a Crimson Queen Japanese Maple and also a Euphorbia Redwing for color contrast. It's in a spot that gets midday sun. I'll monitor it for burning.

We have one that looks the same we purchased from Stanleys in 04 called 'Blue Cream Star'. Is there such a cultivar? Jay

I have had one in full sun for about three years, hasn't burned at all. I have it planted near some Yucca 'Walbristar', which pick up both the yellow and the blue, but I doubt that works in your zone. The plant that I have is the only one that I have ever seen for sale around here. I think it's a cool plant, congratulations. Edwin, I'll change the spelling!

And I've attached my color wheel here - it is plant-oriented!

(And had to edit this as I got confused between the 'Floreant' and the 'Dream Joy' (another cool juniper).

Sara

Here is a link that might be useful: Using the color wheel in foliage gardens

This post was edited by formandfoliage on Wed, Jul 31, 13 at 11:59

yeah.. like saras z9 has her worried about winter dessication ... lol .. her idea of the dead of winter is a lined wind breaker... and at the same temps in april.. in am out of the winter house in shorts and a T shirt.. lol ... [she will probably tell me its the elevation.. and it can get down to a skin blistering 60 degrees in winter... lol ...]

where you been sara ... you are hitting GW hard today .. miss us???

in z5 MI .... winter sun can thaw white tissue.. only for it to refreeze later that day.. over.. and over.. and over ... on many white plants.. the white simply burns/browns off ...

but being that the underlying.. and vast majority ... of the plant is blue/green.. next spring.. they simply reflush ....

think of frozen chicken .. old chix in the freezer .. and that is what can happen to white tissue... its still edible.. it just isnt pretty .... that is tissue dessication .... what those coffee peeps call.. freeze dried ....

OP.. did you know about the color wheel theory.. or did you accomplish it intuitively ????

ken

Ack! Old chix in the freezer a nasty visual!

I am catching up on desk work today and so am using every opportunity to procrastinate and not do the stuff I am supposed to be doing. GW is only a click away....

Ken's comments illustrate how poorly zones convey the actual conditions inherent in the various microclimates throughout the country. Thawing/freezing of white tissue nowhere on my radar, whereas summer average ambient humidity of 15% probably nowhere on that of the average midwesterner. Add to that the fact that the zones were created for crops and I wonder that we derive any usefulness from them at all!

Maybe we should borrow a page from Sunset and make up our own...

Sara-back-to-accounting-for-now

Thanks Sara, why are you confused between a 'Floreant' and a 'Dream Joy'?
They're totaly differend and aren't look alikes for sure...
Can you show me a pic of your 'Dream Joy'?

I'm confused because I have both of them and mixed them up not because they look alike but because I just couldn't remember which I had planted where.

It is particularly annoying to me that my list of interesting specimens is apparently reaching its zenith as my memory is rapidly heading to its nadir. In other words, I can't remember s**t! (GW is very proper and will not allow postings that include profanity!)

Sara

Here is a link that might be useful: J. squamata 'Dream Joy'

This post was edited by formandfoliage on Wed, Jul 31, 13 at 19:07

Hi Friends,

It is apprecited if you can give me the information where I can buy this cute juniper "Floreant" / "Floriant" / " Boyko's Starburst" ?

May I find this lovely juniper in the U.S.A?

Best wishes to you!

Hodoan