Juniper Blue Carpet Plant

Other common names flaky juniper blue carpet family cupressaceae genus juniperus can be prostrate or erect evergreen shrubs or trees with aromatic scale like or sharply pointed awl shaped leaves and small globose fruits.

Juniper blue carpet plant. Blue carpet is a prostrate form that grows to only 12 tall but spreads to 4 5 wide. Design ideas in very cold regions this blue juniper adapts well to snow and frost. 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. Lovely when planted around boulders or in rock gardens where its twisted branches can be trained to unique forms.

Fast growing this low growing juniper makes a handsome groundcover and looks terrific in the rock garden. Genus name comes from the latin name for the juniper. The scale like leaves are highly ornamental and remain powder blue throughout the winter. Juniperus squamata blue carpet flaky juniper is a prostrate evergreen shrub with horizontal sprays of attractive silver blue needle like foliage changing to gray green in winter.

Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. It creates a stunning and very classy look in the landscape. A reliable plant for high desert with its rapidly fluctuating day and night temperatures. Blue carpet juniper has attractive powder blue foliage.

Blue carpet juniper is a dense spreading evergreen shrub with a ground hugging habit of growth. Awl shaped sharply pointed gray green to blue green needles to 5 16 long appear in whorls of three.