Ground Cover Calgary Carpet Juniper
3 30 to 40 f 34 4 to 40 c horticultural status.
Ground cover calgary carpet juniper. Very durable and cold hardy making an excellent evergreen groundcover for most any climate. The flowers are not ornamentally significant. It tolerates a wide range of soil types except for wet ones and is easy to grow. Calgary carpet juniper growing and maintenance tips.
Calgary carpet juniper is a low growing spreading shrub in the cypress family. Creates a 12 tall bright green groundcover with no maintenance at all. One of the most popular of juniper s it is widely used to cover any bare soil in the garden beds or on the sloped banks. Juniperus sabina calgary carpet average height.
Medium green trinomial type. Can be used in a landscape to soften the top edge of a retaining wall or stone accent. 0 3 meters average spread. Creeping juniper sometimes also called creeping cedar is a low lying evergreen groundcover.
Once established junipers require little water and tolerate a wide variety of soil conditions. Within the taxonomy of the plant kingdom they are referred to as juniperus horizontalis. It reaches only 6 9 inches high but can spread 6 10 feet wide. Has a somewhat similar appearance as mother lode juniper but is much hardier and has a much quicker growth rate.
Makes an excellent winter structural plant for mixed borders that tend to look too barren in the colder months. These spreading junipers present a low maintenance option to prevent erosion on hillsides. Calgary carpet juniper has lime green foliage. The scale like leaves remain lime green throughout the winter.
Mounding arching or weeping growth size. Although there are several varieties they all grow usually no more than 2 feet tall and will spread and extend roots as they do so. It produces blue berries from late spring to late winter. Full sun to partial shade in summer partial shade to full shade in winter.
Golden carpet is a very low growing ground hugging spreading juniper that is very well suited for use as a groundcover. Calgary carpet is a very handsome juniper with bright green soft foliage year round. 1 5 meters sun exposure. Low growing and wide spreading form with attractive arching branches and medium green feathery foliage selection made from the arcadia juniper one of the most popular junipers.
Design ideas low rich green mounding junipers are the perfect choice for erosion control coverage on cut slopes and natural banks where run off is a problem. Has performed very well in many areas of the country very vigorous with excellent year round color interest. Plant of the month calgary carpet juniper if you have been looking for a fast growing ground cover for your garden it is time you try calgary carpet juniper. Juniperus sabina monna calgary carpet juniper.
Calgary carpet juniper is a dense multi stemmed evergreen shrub with a ground hugging habit of growth.