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Jesse Saylor
(Common Juniper)
Exceptionally cold hardy with low, spreading growth habits, common juniper is a resilient groundcover for the coldest, driest temperate climates. While the parent species is found all across the Northern Hemisphere, variety saxatilis is from the highest latitudes and elevations. In North America it's only found naturally in northern and western areas, not in the east. It excels in rocky soils on slopes, cliffs and summits. The growth habit of this variety is usually multi-trunked and a low,...
James H. Schutte
(Blue Chip Creeping Juniper, Creeping Juniper)
Creeping junipers are valuable, evergreen groundcovers which perform well in difficult areas with poor soil, scant rainfall, hot summers and cold winters. The species is found in a range of habitats throughout North America, and has yielded numerous cultivars. One of the most ornamental varieties, ‘Bar Harbor’ features trailing, woody, wide-spreading branches, densely packed with feathery, bright silvery-blue foliage which develops purple tips in winter. Female plants produce a crop of small,...
James H. Schutte
(Blue Creeping Juniper, Creeping Juniper)
Adapted to open coastal lands, dunes and other naturally sandy areas across northern North America, creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis) is a low-growing, spreading evergreen shrub that's a popular groundcover for landscape and garden. It rarely grows taller than two feet (~61 centimeters) but will spread up to ten (~3 meters). There are many cultivated varieties to choose from that vary in size, vigor, color and resilience.
Creeping juniper can have either scale-like or needle-like...
(Creeping Juniper, Hughes Creeping Juniper)
Found naturally in a range of habitats throughout North America, creeping junipers are prostrate, evergreen shrubs which thrive in areas with poor soil, scant rainfall, hot summers and cold winters. Used primarily as groundcovers, they are valued for their beautiful color and tough-as-nails constitution. The cultivar ‘Bar Harbor’ forms a wide-spreading mat of trailing, woody stems densely covered with feathery, bright silvery-blue foliage. Female plants may produce a crop of small, blue, berry-like...
James H. Schutte
(Creeping Juniper, Jade River Creeping Juniper)
Found naturally in a range of habitats throughout North America, creeping junipers are prostrate, evergreen shrubs which thrive in areas with poor soil, scant rainfall, hot summers and cold winters. Used primarily as groundcovers, they are valued for their beautiful color and tough-as-nails constitution. The cultivar ‘Jade River’ covers large areas with flowing mats of feathery, pointed, blue-green foliage which develops attractive purple tones in winter, creating a striking contrast under snow....
Jesse Saylor
(Creeping Juniper)
Found naturally in a range of habitats throughout North America, creeping junipers are prostrate, evergreen shrubs which thrive in areas with poor soil, scant rainfall, hot summers and cold winters. Used primarily as groundcovers, they are valued for their beautiful color and tough constitution. The cultivar ‘Plumosa’ forms vigorous mats of feathery, pointed, blue-green foliage which develops attractive purple tones in winter, creating a striking contrast under snow. Female plants may produce...
James H. Schutte
(Creeping Juniper, Prince of Wale Creeping Juniper)
Creeping juniper ‘Prince of Wales’ forms a low, wide-spreading mat of trailing, woody stems covered with feathery, medium-green foliage which develops striking purple tones in winter. Its parent species is found naturally in a range of habitats throughout North America, and thrives in areas with poor soil, scant rainfall, hot summers and cold winters. Its numerous cultivars are used primarily as groundcovers, and are valued for their beautiful, evergreen foliage and tough constitution. Female...
(Creeping Juniper, Sea Spray Creeping Juniper)
Found naturally in a range of habitats throughout North America, creeping junipers are prostrate, evergreen shrubs which thrive in areas with poor soil, scant rainfall, hot summers and cold winters. The cultivar 'Sea Spray' is reported to be equal in beauty and vigor to 'Blue Rug', the standard against which other creeping junipers are compared. Offering increased disease resistance, this form maintains its beauty in old age while others may become rangy and sparse. Its densely packed, scaly, evergreen...
(Creeping Juniper, Variegated Creeping Juniper)
Also known as Andorra juniper, this relative of the popular cultivar ‘Blue Rug’ is among the lowest and slowest growing of all the ground hugging junipers. Its densely packed, blue-green foliage is variegated with creamy yellow at the tips, and takes on attractive, purplish tones in winter. It is a form of creeping juniper, a prostrate, evergreen shrub found naturally in a range of habitats throughout North America. Thriving in areas with poor soil, scant rainfall, hot summers and cold winters,...
James H. Schutte
(Creeping Juniper, Webb Creeping Juniper)
Slow growth and a very low profile distinguishes creeping juniper ‘Webberi’. Its densely packed, scaly foliage is an appealing blue-green, flushed with purple at the tips in winter. It is a form of creeping juniper, a prostrate, evergreen shrub found naturally in a range of habitats throughout North America, which thrives in areas with poor soil, scant rainfall, hot summers and cold winters. Its numerous cultivars are valued for their beautiful, evergreen foliage and tough-as-nails constitution.
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