Blue Rug Juniper Plant Spacing

As a groundcover space plants 5 to 6 ft.

Blue rug juniper plant spacing.

In winter the foliage turns a purplish color for additional interest. We want good ground cover and our large flat rocks are not keeping the all the weeds down. They will grow to form a mat that s thick enough to crowd out weeds and provide visual interest all throughout the year. The blue rug juniper typically takes approximately 6 weeks to establish new roots in the soil.

Excellent choice for erosion control on slopes. Reduce frequency once established. Make the planting hole twice as wide and 2 inches shallower than the blue rug juniper s root ball to reduce the chance of damaging the roots and ensure the proper planting depth. 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. Water deeply regularly during first growing season to establish an extensive root system. Works well as a specimen and in rock gardens. During this period water it every 2 4 days.

If you are growing it as a ground cover for a large site space plants 4 to 6 feet apart. Apart to form a dense enough mat to crowd out weeds and control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area. Blue rug juniper juniperus horizontalis wiltonii is a low growing creeping silvery blue evergreen shrub with dark blue berry like cones. Blue rug juniper is certainly a low maintenance plant.

Although the information say their spread is approximately 6 8 we assume it might be figured differently on slopes about 45 degrees.