Blue Star Juniper
Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'
Attractive sparkling blue foliage on dense spreading branches. Creates a colorful contrast to purple and green foliage plants. Use as a rock garden or low border plant. Evergreen.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | ju-NIP-er-us skwah-MAH-ta |
| Key feature: | Easy Care Plant |
| Plant types: | Groundcover, Conifer |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Slow growing 2 to 3 ft. tall, 3 to 4 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Mass Planting, Rock Garden, Seacoast Exposure, Topiary |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Silver-blue |
| Item no.: | 5339 |
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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.
Design Ideas
This icy blue Juniper spreads but is not ground hugging. Instead it makes graceful wide mounds that are particularly lovely as individual specimens in fields of gravel or bark or as a groundcover. A good choice for banks and rock gardens, where it grows gracefully around landscape boulders. Adds accent to a mass of flatter Juniper used for erosion control on banks and slopes. Particularly lovely in raised or seatwall planters.
Companion Plants
Burgundy-red foliage and bark plants such as Dogwood, Weigela, and Ninebark complement the blue-gray evergreen needles of this plant. Plant alongside berry producers like Cotoneaster and Holly for color and texture interest in fall and winter.
History
Sometimes referred to as the Flaky or Himalayan Juniper, it is native to the Himalaya and China. Blue Star is a sport of Juniperus squamata 'Meyeri'.The wood is very fragrant when burned and is used as firewood and incense.
Attractive sparkling blue foliage on dense spreading branches. Creates a colorful contrast to purple and green foliage plants. Use as a rock garden or low border plant. Evergreen.
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.
Design Ideas
This icy blue Juniper spreads but is not ground hugging. Instead it makes graceful wide mounds that are particularly lovely as individual specimens in fields of gravel or bark or as a groundcover. A good choice for banks and rock gardens, where it grows gracefully around landscape boulders. Adds accent to a mass of flatter Juniper used for erosion control on banks and slopes. Particularly lovely in raised or seatwall planters.
Companion Plants
Burgundy-red foliage and bark plants such as Dogwood, Weigela, and Ninebark complement the blue-gray evergreen needles of this plant. Plant alongside berry producers like Cotoneaster and Holly for color and texture interest in fall and winter.
History
Sometimes referred to as the Flaky or Himalayan Juniper, it is native to the Himalaya and China. Blue Star is a sport of Juniperus squamata 'Meyeri'.The wood is very fragrant when burned and is used as firewood and incense.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | ju-NIP-er-us skwah-MAH-ta |
| Key feature: | Easy Care Plant |
| Plant types: | Groundcover, Conifer |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Slow growing 2 to 3 ft. tall, 3 to 4 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Mass Planting, Rock Garden, Seacoast Exposure, Topiary |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Silver-blue |
| Item no.: | 5339 |
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