Juniperus Horizontalis Blue Rug Juniper

Blue rug juniper is a hardy evergreen plant with silvery blue foliage that can take on a purple tone in the winter months.

Juniperus horizontalis blue rug juniper.

It grows 6 to 12 inches per year and bears ovoid dark blue fruit. Juniperus horizontalis wiltonii common name s. This female cultivar produces fleshy blue cones. In winter the foliage takes on a purple tinge.

It is often planted as a groundcover. Blue rug juniper creates a flat ground cover. This plant prefers full sun and well drained acidic to slightly alkaline soils. 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.

The mature height is 1 foot tall. Phonetic spelling jew nip er us hor ih zon tal iss description wiltonii is a low growing evergreen shrub that grows 4 6 high and 6 8 wide. It lives up to both its scientific and common names reaching only. 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.

One of the finest trailing junipers having a uniform full centered growth habit with intense silver blue evergreen foliage. This creeping shrub has a prostrate form and dense steely blue foliage. Excellent for large scale groundcovers or cascading over walls. Slow growing this creeping juniper makes a wonderful.