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 Angelica	Sea Green	Blue Star

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	Andora Compacta

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 takefull 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	Parson	Blue Pacific

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 areasas it adapts well to salt. Also good for steep banks or slopes. This is a native plant specimenof Central Asia. Another very hardy evergreen.

Green Mound - This is another greatground 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	Green Mound

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.

Green Mound - This is another greatground 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.

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 the this great evergreen family of plant specimens..