Blue Chip Juniper Bush

When it comes to a sound investment in your landscaping, the Blue Chip Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Chip') is a great evergreen choice. This attractive groundcover will remind you day after day what a great decision you made by choosing it!

Not only is it the perfect shade of iridescent bluish-green for the majority of the year, but it also provides dense coverage and winter interest. This Juniper's steel-blue foliage tends to transform into violet tones in winter.

Birds love building their nest in Juniper, although the Blue Chip's low-growing nature may not make it a bird's first choice for a nesting location. The Blue Chip Juniper is also highly disease- and pest-resistant! Growing throughout USDA planting zones 3 to 9, Blue Chip grows just 12 inches tall but spreads to a whopping 6-8 feet in width!

Landscape Application:

Blue Chip Juniper creates a pop of blue that perfectly offsets your other landscaping plants! From ornamental grass to perennials, happily rambling around Roses or mixing with other evergreen shrubs and Juniper groundcovers!

Blue Chip Juniper is also called "Creeping Juniper" because it slowly spreads to completely fill in bare and unsightly spaces. Over time, it will grow to cover 10 lateral feet. And because it doesn't grow much taller than 10 inches, you don't have to worry about pruning or shaping it. Additionally, as an evergreen, you can count on it providing ground coverage all year round.

Wonderful in mass plantings or used to edge taller varieties, you'll love this rugged, durable solution to soften the look of slopes and retaining walls, use creeping Juniper. Create a magnificent Rock Garden, in Zen Gardens, and work beautifully in smaller lots.

Plant Groundcover Juniper at the top of retaining walls. You'll be thrilled to watch the creeping habit grow downward to create a beautiful hillside of delightful blue foliage. Slowing erosion and rainwater runoff and transforming an unsafe, hard-to-mow hillside into a showy landscape feature!

• Softly Needled Cool-Blue Evergreen Shrub
• Low-Growing But Very Wide Spreading!
• Gorgeous Groundcover Specimen
• Utilitarian Workhorse - Erosion Control & Weed Block
• Superior Groundcover, Fillers & Thillers In The Ground & Containers

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Junipers love full sun and in hotter climates do well with afternoon shade. Tolerant of dry, rocky soils, grows well in both acidic and alkaline conditions, clay soil, and even does great in average well-drained garden settings equally well! Juniper requires fast-draining soil to thrive and this is not a plant that can handle "wet feet" or standing water.

Water regularly for the first 2 years and gradually extend the period between waterings. Once established, Junipers are rugged and long-lived drought-tolerant shrubs!

Be sure to wear gloves when you handle Juniper. This variety is softer than others, but it's easy enough to pull on some protection. This is especially important if your skin is sensitive to Juniper. Prune in the early spring to nip back wayward branches and shape your shrub, or try your hand at creating unique Bonsai!

• Versatile Full Sun & Afternoon Shade
• Best In Excellent Drainage
• Moderate to Low Moisture - Drought Tolerant
• Low Maintenance - Prune Early Spring
• Extremely Cold Hard & Pest/Disease Resistant
• Tolerates Urban Pollution & Coastal Conditions

Looking for a reliable ground cover with impeccable color? Gorgeous Blue Chip Groundcover Juniper has you covered all year round! Order yours at NatureHills.com today!

Easy How-To's For Creating Cascading Bonsai Using Groundcover Juniper

For the adventurous plant lover, try your hand at creating Cascading bonsai using Blue Rug Juniper. Remove the plant from its pot and study it. Use a small garden rake to remove dirt as needed. Prepare to pull the roots apart, as you need to.

You'll first find the trunkline - or thickest stem - which will form the basis of your design. Remember to follow the plant and let it dictate the design.

Decide which branches you'll keep in the design. You'll need a head branch and 1 or 2 cascading branches that have plenty of twists and turns for interest. Once you've decided, remove the other branches.

Wire the head branch into an upright shape. The cascading branches will flow downward from that head branch. Wire the twists and bends into the cascading branches for a long, beautiful downward flow. Use a taller bonsai pot and a rich, fast-draining soil mix for acid-loving plants.

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