The Juniper - Great Evergreen For A Bank, Rock Garden Or Any Landscape Area
The
Juniper is a great plant for many
different landscape areas. This family
of plant specimen represents a wonderful
look to a bank, rock garden, or any defined
landscape area. The Junipers are low
maintenance shrubs with a variety of color
tones and textures. This family of shrubs are
evergreen in zones two through eleven. There
are many ways to incorporate these plants into
your gardens. Many terrace landscape areas have
mass planting of a dwarf version. Below are
only a small sample of ten different varieties
of Junipers you could put in any area.
Blue Anelica - hardy evergreen juniper and will
grow well in zones three through nine. It grows five to six
feet tall and one and a half to three feet wide. This shrub
is great as an accent in and around your foundation. The
Blue Angelica takes full sun and has needles with blue
and green tones. Soil should be well drained and birds love
to perch on its branches. Great plant next to a Viburnum,
Indian Hawthorn, or Globe Arborvitae.
Sea Green - The Sea Green is a great
evergreen for a hedge area. This shrub grows in well
drained soil and will mature four to six feet high and
four to six feet wide. It is an upright with branches that
sprawl out, looking somewhat like a fountain. This plant
is also called the Chinese Juniper. Does well in full sun
and in zones four through eight. Great looking with a
Loropetalum, next to a Tea Olive (Osmanthus) or accenting
any type of Holly shrubs.
Blue Star Juniper - evergreen low growing shrub.
Grows well in zones five through nine. Likes full sun but
can take shade better then other junipers.
Will grow around one foot high and can sprawl out one to
to three feet. The Blue Star tends to be a slow grower.
Color is green with teal tones on the short needle like leaves.
This is one of my favorite plants to incorporate next to a Mop Cypress,
dwarf Hemlock, or around Carpet roses.
Blue Rug - The Blue Rug is a great colder climate
evergreen ground cover. It will do well in zones three
through eight and can take full sun and part shade. The
Blue Rug grows four to six inches high and will spread out
six to eight feet.
This Juniper is great for slope planting with other evergreens.
The Blue Rug is also a fast growing and is also an
excellent plant for rock gardens.
Very hardy evergreen and great look with variegated
shrubs.
Andora Compacta - The Andora Compacta
is another great ground cover or foundation shrub.
It does well in zones four through nine and can take
full sun or partial shade. In the spring when new
growth takes place, the needles are bright green.
In the summertime the needles turn to a lush
deep green. In the autumn the Andora's needles
turn a yellow - bronze color. This plant
can be trimmed in late fall or early spring.
Procumbins Nana or Dwarf Japanese Juniper - This is
a great low growing evergreen shrub and grows well in zones four
through nine. This plant has stiff needles with an aromatic blue - green tones in the summertime. In autumn the needles
will turn a slight purple color. This shrub will grow around
six inches tall and can spread two feet wide. An excellent
specimen for a rock garden, draping over a decorative wall.
Read how to build
Walls, Retaining and Decorative and consider using the Dwarf Japanese.
This plant does well in most any type of soil and
loves full sun.
Parson - This evergreen shrub is a very adaptable
plant to most climates. It can grow in zones four through eleven. It needs full sun and does very well in an open area.
Will grow two to three feet high and four to ten
feet wide. The Parson needs well drained soil and
if left in too much moisture, the root system can
be damaged. This Juniper is great for coastal areas
as it adapts well to salt. Also good for steep
banks or slopes. This is a native plant specimen
of Central Asia. Another very hardy evergreen.
Green Mound - This is another great
ground cover and grows great in zones four through
nine. It will grow eight inches tall and sprawl out to
six feet when fully matured. Needles are a bright
green and a wonderful shrub to do mass planting on
a hillside, retaining, wall, rock garden, or accenting
a large defined landscape area. Combine this a dwarf
Ruby Chinese Pizazz, (Loropetalum) Mop Cypress, or
any type of Hollies.
Blue Pacific - evergreen low growing shrub.
Grows well in zones five through nine. Likes full sun
but can take shade better then other junipers. Great
for mass planting or as a single plant specimen.
Will grow around one foot high and can
sprawl out five to nine feet.
Its teal tones with the green color creates
a wonderful look in any garden setting.
Golden Pfitzer - Another great
ground cover as well for a hedge or wind
breaker. It grows four to six feet high and
three to four feet wide. Excellent shrub for sandy areas
such as the coast, and can survive in clay base soil.
Takes full sun but will also do well in partial shade.
In the summer months the leaves are a bright yellow
and green tones and in fall they turn to a bronze color.
Great shrub to use as an accent with deep rich other
evergreens. The Hinoki Cypress, Dark Curly Leaf
Ligustrum, and any type of flowering shrub will work
well with the Pfitzer.
The Juniper family can provide so many useful purposes
to any landscape area. You have the option of doing
mass plantings for erosion problems or decorating
retaining walls. These shrubs can be intermingled
with so many different plant specimens. Think about
combining several different Juniper shrubs in one
specific area. The variety of color tones along
with their diverse textures, gives you some alternatives
when planting on a bank, open landscape area, or any
garden project. Take a look at some of the other photo
gallery pages and see what you can find to compliment
this great evergreen family of plant specimens.
