Blue Pacific Juniper

Juniperus conferta ‘Blue Pacific’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Coniferous Evergreen Groundcover

Height at Maturity: 6-8″

Width at Maturity: 6’+

Spacing: 3-5′ for mass plantings

Growth Habit / Form: Dense, Low Growing, Spreading, Cascading

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: None

Flower Size: NA

Flowering Period: NA

Flower Type: NA

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Blue

Fragrant Foliage: Yes

Berries: No

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Light Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Evening Sun

Water Needs: Very Low when established

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist to Dry

Soil pH: 4.5 – 7.0 (Acid to Slightly Acid)

Maintenance / Care: Very little to none

Attracts:

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Foot Traffic, Heat, Insect, Salt Air

Description

A handsome and tough groundcover plant excellent for use to quickly cover embankments, slopes and hillsides, the ‘Blue Pacific’ Juniper is an improvement over Shore Juniper with better blue foliage, lower growth habit, denser foliage along the branches and is known to hold up better during winter. Aromatic, blue-green needles (to 5/8” long) appear in groups of three along the trailing branches forming a dense, erosion controlling carpet wherever it grows.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 8 to 10 inches tall and spreading relatively quickly up to 12 feet wide, Blue Pacific Juniper is ideal for use in mass plantings for erosion control on sunny embankments, hillsides and slopes or as a border in landscape beds and islands. It also spills over walls and is a great choice to underplant small trees such as Japanese Maple and Crape Myrtle. Excellent Xeriscape plant (low water needs).

Suggested Spacing: 3 to 5 feet apart for mass plantings

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Growing Preferences

Blue Pacific Juniper is exceptionally easy to grow in most any moist to somewhat dry well-drained soil and full sun to a little light shade. Plants are exceptionally drought tolerant when established. Constantly soggy or wet soil can cause root rot or other harmful plant diseases. Very low-maintenance. requires no pruning.

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The 6 live plants arrived promptly , packed nicely. moist soil and all green. This is the second order for me as my first order arrived in great condition as well. Highly recommend!———————————————-Thanks for the kind words and awesome review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG