A compact mounding Japanese Garden Juniper that holds it's green color throughout the year.
Pronunciation
(ju-NIP-er-us)(pro-KUM-benz)
Plant Type
All Plants, Shrubs Coniferous
Sunlight
full
Moisture
average
Soil & Site
average
Leaves
light green foliage, doesn't brown out
Dimensions
8-10 inches tall, 6 foot spread
Maintenance
It is difficult to properly prune ground cover Junipers. Most people just cut the ends and after a few years pointed stubbed branches form. Lift up the outside branches cutting the underneath branches and feather back the top branches to a crotch of a branch. This will develop into a much softer outside edge of the shrub. Also they will have branches that just seem to die for no apparent reason and these will need to be cut out using pruning shears
Misc Facts
May not mound up in the center like many of the other J. procumbens.
Notes & Reference
#01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr)