Calgary Carpet® Juniper

Juniperus sabina 'Monna'

Pronunciation: ju-NIP-er-us sa-BI-na
SKU #05175
3-7

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A superior evergreen groundcover with a very low, spreading habit and attractive soft green foliage. Use on slopes for groundcover or erosion control, along walkways, and in borders or rock gardens. Drapes nicely over retaining walls. A very durable landscape specimen that tolerates heat, cold, and drought.
LIGHT: Full sun
WATER: Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry.
SIZE: Moderate growing; reaches only 9 in. tall, spreading up to 10 ft. wide.

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Bloom TimeConifer; prized for foliage.
Deciduous/EvergreenEvergreen
Special FeaturesEasy Care, Waterwise
Problems/SolutionsCoastal Exposure, Deer Resistant, Erosion Control, Rabbit Resistant, Drought Tolerant
Growth RateModerate
Growth HabitSpreading
Landscape UseBorder, Ground Cover
Design IdeasLow rich green mounding junipers are the perfect choice for erosion control coverage on cut slopes and natural banks where run-off is a problem. This plant is perfect for nestling landscape boulders or softening the top edge of a masonry retaining wall. Makes an excellent winter structural plant for mixed borders that tend to look too barren in the colder months. Makes a useful problem solver in native and wild gardens when arranged in naturalistic compositions. As with most junipers it is welcome in Japanese gardens either natural or pruned into creative bonsai forms.
Foliage ColorGreen
Companion PlantsRose (Rosa); Clematis (Clematis); Catmint (Nepeta); Russian Sage (Perovskia); Barberry (Berberis); Maiden Grass (Miscanthus)
Care InstructionsAdaptable and easy to grow in most well-drained soils; avoid overly wet conditions. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish root system. Once established, reduce frequency; tolerates moderate drought. Space 8 ft. apart as groundcover; closer for faster coverage. Control weeds with mulch until plants fill in.
HistoryKnown as the savin juniper, Juniperus sabina is native to an enormous range of eastern Europe and extends across Asia to Siberia. Although it has been known since the 18th century, it was not cultivated widely until the 20th due toproblems with juniper blight disease. To find resistant species, thousands of J. sabina seedlings were imported by D. Hill Nursery of Dundee, Illinois from a government forest station near Leningrad in 1933. Of these only three we selected for resistance to the blight and constitute the ancensty of most modern cultivars. Among them is Calgary Carpet, one of many that originated in this part of Canada.
LoreThe leaves of this juniper are toxic but used in certain home remedy ointments in the Old World. Foliage was repellent to lice and used in rural areas and later oils extracted from the plant were used in traditional insecticides.
Details
Bloom TimeConifer; prized for foliage.
Deciduous/EvergreenEvergreen
Special FeaturesEasy Care, Waterwise
Problems/SolutionsCoastal Exposure, Deer Resistant, Erosion Control, Rabbit Resistant, Drought Tolerant
Growth RateModerate
Growth HabitSpreading
Style
Landscape UseBorder, Ground Cover
Design IdeasLow rich green mounding junipers are the perfect choice for erosion control coverage on cut slopes and natural banks where run-off is a problem. This plant is perfect for nestling landscape boulders or softening the top edge of a masonry retaining wall. Makes an excellent winter structural plant for mixed borders that tend to look too barren in the colder months. Makes a useful problem solver in native and wild gardens when arranged in naturalistic compositions. As with most junipers it is welcome in Japanese gardens either natural or pruned into creative bonsai forms.
Foliage ColorGreen
Companion PlantsRose (Rosa); Clematis (Clematis); Catmint (Nepeta); Russian Sage (Perovskia); Barberry (Berberis); Maiden Grass (Miscanthus)
Care
Care InstructionsAdaptable and easy to grow in most well-drained soils; avoid overly wet conditions. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish root system. Once established, reduce frequency; tolerates moderate drought. Space 8 ft. apart as groundcover; closer for faster coverage. Control weeds with mulch until plants fill in.
History
HistoryKnown as the savin juniper, Juniperus sabina is native to an enormous range of eastern Europe and extends across Asia to Siberia. Although it has been known since the 18th century, it was not cultivated widely until the 20th due toproblems with juniper blight disease. To find resistant species, thousands of J. sabina seedlings were imported by D. Hill Nursery of Dundee, Illinois from a government forest station near Leningrad in 1933. Of these only three we selected for resistance to the blight and constitute the ancensty of most modern cultivars. Among them is Calgary Carpet, one of many that originated in this part of Canada.
LoreThe leaves of this juniper are toxic but used in certain home remedy ointments in the Old World. Foliage was repellent to lice and used in rural areas and later oils extracted from the plant were used in traditional insecticides.

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We have been pioneers and craftsmen in the art of growing plants for nearly 100 years. Since our founding in Southern California by Harry E. Rosedale, Sr. in 1926, we have been absolutely dedicated and obsessed with quality.