If you're looking for a taller juniper that gets about 3-5 feet tall we suggest the Grey Owl or the Angelica Blue. Within 2 years these plants should be touching covering up any soil or mulch which will greatly stabilize the area. They spread fast! We suggest planting your junipers about 3-5 feet apart. These two varieties stay very low to the ground and are basically a groundcover. The most popular junipers used on hills or slopes are Blue Rug and Blue Pacific. They are great for erosion control and look great too! If you have a hill in your yard where you can't keep mulch on it, try some junipers. We use junipers on a hillside or slope because they help stabilize the soil and prevent erosion. Utilizing Junipers on hillsides has many benefits. These evergreen shrubs come in all shapes and sizes and have many uses in the landscape.
Stem: Stem Is Aromatic: No Stem Description: Branches are very long and floppy and form large, dense mats.Junipers are one of the easiest shrubs to care for and are too often overlooked. The spray is fine-textured and plume-like. They are intense silver-blue in color, are closely appressed to stem, and grow on only one side of the stem. Leaves: Leaf Color: Blue Gray/Silver Hairs Present: No Leaf Description: All leaves are scale leaves. Fruit: Fruit Color: Black Blue Fruit Length: < 1 inch Fruit Width: < 1 inch Fruit Description: Plant produces female cones that are 1/4" in diameter, globose, and bluish or greenish-black and glaucous in color. #Creeping juniper full#
Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Soil pH: Acid (8.0) Soil Drainage: Good Drainage NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9b, 9a. Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Shrub Habit/Form: Dense Prostrate Growth Rate: Rapid Texture: Fine. Attributes: Genus: Juniperus Species: horizontalis Family: Cupressaceae Dimensions: Height: 0 ft. Tags: #purple #evergreen #full sun tolerant #drought tolerant #salt tolerant #fast growing #cpp #wind tolerant #well-drained soil #deer resistant #groundcover #cold tolerant #fantz #evergreen shrub Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: More information on Juniperus horizontalis. VIDEO Created by Elizabeth Meyer for " Trees, Shrubs and Conifers" a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. The plant produces female cones that are 1/4" in diameter, globose, bluish or greenish-black, and glaucous. Branches are long and floppy, forming dense mats. 100% of leaves are scale leaves and silver-blue in color. It grows as a dense, compact, prostrate shrub with trailing branches. This plant is seldom damaged by deer, but juniper blight and spider mites can cause problems. It has a medium to rapid growth rate and the foliage turns purplish in winter. It is very cold hearty and easy to transplant. This plant is an excellent ground cover juniper. It is drought-tolerant, salt-tolerant, and wind tolerant. This plant prefers full sun and well-drained, acidic to slightly alkaline soils. 'Wiltonii' is a low-growing, evergreen shrub that grows 4"-6" high and 6'-8' wide. Phonetic Spelling jew-NIP-er-us hor-ih-zon-TAL-iss Description
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