Blue Carpet Juniper Standard

Blue rug juniper juniperus horizontalis wiltonii is a drought tolerant ground cover that craves good soil drainage this juniper is a practical solution for sunny slopes where water runs off so quickly that plants are apt to go thirsty.

Blue carpet juniper standard.

One of the finest trailing junipers having a uniform full centered growth habit with intense silver blue evergreen foliage. Juniper squamata blue carpet is a lovely silver blue green dwarf growing juniper with a rounded habit very hardy and slow growing. It will grow 7 to 12 inches a year soon covering broad areas or cascading down slopes or over walls. Blue points to the color of the sharp overlapping densely arranged needles.

Blue carpet juniper juniperus squamata blue carpet almost says it all. It soon becomes a broad carpet of evergreen foliage just a few inches tall but 6 to 10 feet across. Juniperus squamata blue carpet lives up its name producing a prostrate framework of low spreading branches. Blue rug juniper is a hardy evergreen plant with silvery blue foliage that can take on a purple tone in the winter months.

Fast growing this low growing juniper makes a handsome groundcover and looks terrific in the rock garden. It will grow a little more slowly typically grows to be 4 6 inches tall and spreading to 5 7 feet. Blue carpet juniper photos. Blue star juniper is a slow growing spreading plant that reaches heights of 2 to 3 feet with a spread of 3 to 4 feet.

Even squamata refers to the scaly bark typical of the species. The features of blue rug juniper. With its arching habit and prickly foliage this coniferous shrubs works well as an attractive groundcover. The dense needle like foliage is silvery blue becoming bluer throughout the coldest months.

Carpet acknowledges the plant s low spreading form and might suggest its adaptable nature it tolerates dry soils. Excellent for large scale groundcovers or cascading over walls. Together these features add up to. Juniperus squamata blue carpet flaky juniper is a prostrate evergreen shrub with horizontal sprays of attractive silver blue needle like foliage changing to gray green in winter.

Contribute photos of this plant texas smartscape is helping to promote education on pollution prevention through efficient and effective water use for the benefit of all citizens. Native to north america this blue rug noted for its excellent prostrate dense form. This flaky juniper forms excellent evergreen ground cover and looks spectacular cascading down banks or over low rockery walls. The dramatic silvery blue foliage adds interest to rock gardens borders.

A program of the north central texas council of governments regional stormwater management coordinating council. Blue rug juniper juniperus horizontalis wiltonii sku 5070.