Prucumbens Vs Blue Rug Juniper

Creeping juniper holds its ground.

Prucumbens vs blue rug juniper.

This is likely the most popular cultivar. It spreads very quickly and will likely expand several feet in the first season alone after being transplanted from a nursery. Juniperus procumbens nana known by many in the us as the green mound juniper is a personal favourite. Department of agriculture.

Blue rug juniper is a hardy evergreen plant with silvery blue foliage that can take on a purple tone in the winter months. A ground cover juniper truthfully the only one i commonly recommend hardy zone 4 to 9. In general junipers are really great plants that are misused and abused by people who plant them but some are better than others and green mound juniperus procumbens nana is the pick of the litter when. Juniperus procumbens nana aka green mound juniper.

It has a silver blue color and grows 6 inches or less off the ground. Some authorities treat it as endemic to high mountains on kyūshū and a few other islands off southern japan while others consider it native to the coasts of southern japan north to chiba prefecture and also the. The status of this low growing evergreen conifer as a wild plant is disputed. Blue rug wiltonlii juniper.

Blue pacific shore juniper juniperus conferta is a low growing shrub part of a species that is native to japan and hardy in u s. It pairs nicely with other evergreens below trees or along hardscapes. Perhaps the most popular cultivar is wiltonii also called blue rug which grows only 4 to 6 inches tall. Its neat green foliage and ground hugging habit make it ideal for groundcover yet it is the foliage arrangement and the way in which the new shoots grow that give this cultivar its strong appeal.

One of the finest trailing junipers having a uniform full centered growth habit with intense silver blue evergreen foliage. Excellent for large scale groundcovers or cascading over walls. Newtown location 140 huntingtown rd newtown ct 06470 203 426 4037 watertown location 1201 bunker hill rd watertown ct 06795 860 945 6588. It lives up to both its scientific and common names reaching only.

Why i love hate this plant. Juniperus horizontalis the creeping juniper or creeping cedar is a low growing shrubby juniper native to northern north america throughout most of canada from yukon east to newfoundland and in the united states in alaska and locally from montana east to maine reaching its furthest south in wyoming and northern illinois. Such as dwarf japanese garden juniper juniperus procumbens nana and perennials with contrasting forms like iris or hosta.