Blue Rug Junipers

Excellent for large scale groundcovers or cascading over walls.

Blue rug junipers.

The blue rug juniper is a very low maintenance groundcover shrub. One of the finest trailing junipers having a uniform full centered growth habit with intense silver blue evergreen foliage. Over time it forms a dense mat of gorgeously thick blue green foliage. Space plants 4 to 6 feet apart to allow for a dense coverage that will prevent weeds from peeking through.

Blue rug juniper live plant in a 6 inch pot juniperus horizontalis wiltonii easy care evergreen groundcover conifer 5 0 out of 5 stars 3 33 97 33. Wonderful in mass plantings or used to edge taller varieties blue rug juniper has a low growing wide spreading growth habit. Prince of wales juniper 15 live plants drought tolerant cold hardy evergreen ground cover 3 7 out of 5 stars 23. Plant the juniper in full sun with well drained acidic soil.

Blue rug juniper 10 live plants 2 pots juniperus horizontalis wiltonii low maintenance evergreen groundcover 3 5 out of 5 stars 26. The blue rug juniper is a top choice where rich coloring all year round combined with toughness and fast easy growth is needed. Blue rug juniper serves well as a year round ground cover its silvery blue foliage turning a bit purplish during the cold winter months. Blue rug juniper juniperus horizontalis wiltonii is a particularly popular variety and is also the lowest growing.

Notably drought tolerant and loves hot dry locations. In the cold regions this blue rug adapts well to snow and frost but it can turn almost purple in seriously cold winters. Spreading growth habit stays low to the ground and is easy to care for. Blue rug juniper shrubs are one of the best groundcover junipers.

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. Blue rug juniper is a hardy evergreen plant with silvery blue foliage that can take on a purple tone in the winter months. Blue rug juniper thrives in poor soils in full sun. Blue rug juniper accent shrub is ideal as groundcover on hills for erosion control or cascading over retaining walls.

It has a uniform full dense growth habit with intensely wonderful silver blue evergreen foliage. The blue rug juniper is fast growing and is resistant to diseases that normally plague juniper shrubs. It will grow 7 to 12 inches a year soon covering broad areas or cascading down slopes or over walls. That may be the main reason why some people found that the name to be deceptive since.

Thrives in areas that receive at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day and is heat tolerant for planting in warmer climates.