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This ground hugging Juniper provides a dense mound of branches that radiate from the center. Foliage new growth is bright green turning to bluish green as it matures.  Winter color has a purple tint.  Wonderful groundcover or group planting on a rocky slope.  Its foliage and form is best when left unsheared.  Evergreen.  Moderate growing 1 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide. Full to partial sun. Cutting grown.

Performance and Requirements

Light needs: Full to partial sun

Watering Needs: Once established, needs only occasional watering.

Pruning Time: No Value

Growth Rate: Moderate Growing

Growth Habit: Mat

Design Information

Companion Plants

GOLDEN GODDESS BAMBOO
Bambusa multiplex `Golden Goddess`

HELMOND PILLAR BARBERRY
Berberis thunbergii 'Helmond Pillar'

CAMEO JAPANESE FLOWERING QUINCE
Chaenomeles japonica 'Cameo'

PLUM PASSION^® HEAVENLY BAMBOO
Nandina domestica 'Monum' P.P.# 12069

BLOODGOOD JAPANESE MAPLE
Acer palmatum var. atropurpureum `Bloodgood`

GETSUTOKU AZALEA
Azalea `Getsutoku` (Satsuki hybrid)

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Companion Plants (Description): A standard for any Asian inspired garden. Whether in bonsai form or used as an accent or groundcover amongst stones, pair this plant with bamboo, purple leaf Barberry, Flowering Quince, Heavenly Bamboo, Japanese Maple, and Azalea.

Design Styles: This is probably the best bonsai-style Juniper for Asian gardens or for small topiary. Super tight foliage and lovely blue-green tint makes a neat mound. Perfect with rocks and in rock gardens or around natural rocky water features. Because it is available in so many preshaped forms, you can choose one for a formal setting, another for true bonsai and a third for a courtyard specimen with multiple branches. Highly recommended for tiny city gardens; if there`s room for only one Juniper, let it be this one.

Care Information

Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.

Background Information

History: J. procumbens is native to southern Japan.  Its exact origin is still under dispute.  It is believed to be wild to either the mountain areas of the Japanese island of Kyushu, or the coastal regions of southern Japan and Korea. The 'Nana' culitivar is probably the most widely grown ornamental and is commonly used in bonsai.

Botanical Pronunciation: ju-NIP-er-us pro-KUM-benz NAH-na

Catalog Description: This ground hugging Juniper provides a dense mound of branches that radiate from the center. Foliage new growth is bright green turning to bluish green as it matures.  Winter color has a purple tint.  Wonderful groundcover or group planting on a rocky slope.  Its foliage and form is best when left unsheared.  Evergreen.  Moderate growing 1 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide. Full to partial sun. Cutting grown.