Carpet Juniper Shrubs

In winter the foliage turns deep gold and salmon orange with green undertones.

Carpet juniper shrubs.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Tidy and compact juniperus communis green carpet common juniper is a slow growing prostate evergreen shrub forming a lovely dense carpet. You re not stuck with just one type of creeping juniper when it comes time to find a vendor and buy one. Monrovia s calgary carpet juniper details and information.

Shrubs with balled and burlaped roots are best planted in fall. Remove the needles from the bottom third of the cutting dip the end in powdered rooting hormone and plant it in a potting mix. You can propagate blue rug juniper by stem cuttings. Blue carpet juniper is a dense spreading evergreen shrub with a ground hugging habit of growth.

Set the shrub in the hole so the soil line on the stem is even with the surrounding soil. Golden carpet is a very low growing ground hugging spreading juniper that is very well suited for use as a groundcover. As these shrubs have a rich green color they are considered to be ideal for erosion control and are used on slopes where water and soil runoff can cause a problem. Junipers touch the products for details or to buy in store.

Backfill with the soil removed from the hole without amendments. Take a cutting that s around 4 to 6 inches long from a healthy stem between late july and october. Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance. Has a somewhat similar appearance as mother lode juniper but is much hardier and has a much quicker growth rate.

For example if you want a blue type besides blue rug and wiltonii there are choices such as juniperus horizontalis blue prince which is equally low growing about 5 inches. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which should be used to full effect. Juniper trees shrubs for sale from uk garden shops browse junipers from uk shops. Known as the savin juniper juniperus sabina is native to an enormous range of.

Its spring foliage of bright green needle like leaves turns dark green as it matures. Providing a bright splash of color all year round juniperus horizontalis golden carpet creeping juniper is a low spreading evergreen shrub with brilliant golden foliage that does not burn in full sun.