Together these features add up to.
Blue carpet juniper in container.
Junipers are creeping types that grown no more than a few feet tall but tend to spread like a carpet.
Carpet acknowledges the plant s low spreading form and might suggest its adaptable nature it tolerates dry soils.
Blue points to the color of the sharp overlapping densely arranged needles.
Spreading growth habit stays low to the ground and is easy to care for.
Although blue rug juniper won t grow more than 4 to 6 inches tall a single plant can span a width of 8 to 10 feet.
Even squamata refers to the scaly bark typical of the species.
Blue point juniper trees in containers benefit from the addition of 1 to 3 inches of leaf or bark mulch.
These plants have attractive green or blue green needles and produce blue berries in winter that will certainly keep your winter garden varied.
Native to north america this blue rug noted for its excellent prostrate dense form.
And of course there are juniper trees which can easily be installed in your container garden.
Blue carpet juniper juniperus squamata blue carpet almost says it all.
Blue rug juniper is a drought tolerant nearly indestructible evergreen that will grow in almost any well drained soil making.
It will grow a little more slowly typically grows to be 4 6 inches tall and spreading to 5 7 feet.
Do not pile the mulch up on the tree trunk because it can encourage rot on the trunk.
The features of blue rug juniper.