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Plant: Blue Rug - Juniper
Juniper · Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Rug'
Size: 1 gal
Light
Mature size
More about this plant
The flattest of the creeping junipers, holding four to six inches tall and running six to eight feet wide as a dense silver blue mat. The soft plume like foliage turns purple bronze through winter, which gives it a cold season role most ground covers lack. It needs full sun and good drainage but takes clay, sand or shallow rocky ground, and tolerates drought, dry and poor soil, urban conditions and deer. Use it to cover slopes and banks, edge a walkway or patio, or carry a foundation planting at ground level.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 0.5 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Hardy in USDA zones 3-9
- Evergreen foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
The flattest of the creeping junipers, holding four to six inches tall and running six to eight feet wide as a dense silver blue mat. The soft plume like foliage turns purple bronze through winter, which gives it a cold season role most ground covers lack. It needs full sun and good drainage but takes clay, sand or shallow rocky ground, and tolerates drought, dry and poor soil, urban conditions and deer. Use it to cover slopes and banks, edge a walkway or patio, or carry a foundation planting at ground level.
- Foliage
- Soft, plume like, dense silver blue foliage that turns purple bronze in winter.
- Bark & stems
- Reddish-brown peeling bark; branchlets are brown and smooth, with yellow-green new growth.
- Native range
- North America: Canada and the northern U.S. from Maine west to Montana, and Alaska.
