Blue Rug Juniper Plant Spacing

Makes a perfect ground cover in sunny areas.

Blue rug juniper plant spacing.

They will grow to form a mat that s thick enough to crowd out weeds and provide visual interest all throughout the year. In winter the foliage turns a purplish color for additional interest. Blue rug juniper is certainly a low maintenance plant. We want good ground cover and our large flat rocks are not keeping the all the weeds down.

Blue rug juniper juniperus horizontalis wiltonii is a low growing creeping silvery blue evergreen shrub with dark blue berry like cones. Reduce frequency once established. We have a 66 long by about 6 8 deep ditch in front of our home that we would like to plant blue juniper rug bushes. If you are growing it as a ground cover for a large site space plants 4 to 6 feet apart.

Although the information say their spread is approximately 6 8 we assume it might be figured differently on slopes about 45 degrees. As a groundcover space plants 5 to 6 ft. Excellent choice for erosion control on slopes. During this period water it every 2 4 days.

As a ground cover space plants 5 ft. Prefers sandy soils on the dry side but adaptable to a wide range of well drained soils. Apart or closer for faster coverage. The blue rug juniper typically takes approximately 6 weeks to establish new roots in the soil.

Water deeply regularly during first growing season to establish an extensive root system.