Blue Rug Juniper

Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Rug’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-10a Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Coniferous Evergreen Groundcover

Height at Maturity: 3-4″

Width at Maturity: 6’+
Spacing: 3-4′ apart for mass plantings

Growth Habit / Form: Cascading, Mat Forming, Spreading

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: None

Flower Size: NA

Flowering Period: NA

Flower Type: NA

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Dark Green

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: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)

Maintenance / Care: Very little to none

Attracts:

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

Description

One of if not the lowest growing of all the ground hugging Juniper varieties, Blue Rug is one we use more than any other juniper as a groundcover in landscape design. Growing to only a few inches tall at most and spreading to about 5 to 6 feet wide over time, the trailing branches form a dense, dark blue-green mat that turns an attractive purplish-bronze during winter. Excellent for use to underplant small trees such as Japanese maples or as a groundcover in home foundation plantings and on embankments, hillsides and slopes. Very nice around boulders and to spill over brick, stone or wooden walls.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 3 to 4 inches tall and spreading in a dense mat to 5 feet or more wide, the Blue Rug Juniper is ideal for use as a groundcover or broder in home foundation plantings, landscape borders and for erosion control on slopes. It will cascade over walls and is a great choice to underplant small trees such as Japanese Maple and Crape Myrtle. A fine addition to conifer gardens, blue theme gardens, rock gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).

Suggested Spacing: 3 to 4 feet apart for mass plantings; 10 feet or more apart for space between plants

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Growing Preferences

The Blue Rug Juniper is easy to grow in most any well-drained soil of average to low fertility. As with so many other ornamental plants, constantly soggy or wet soil can cause root rot and other harmful plant diseases. Best in full sun however will tolerate some light shade. We recommend at least 7 hours of direct sunlight per day.

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for low growing Junipers.

Planting Low Growing Juniper Plants

Fertilizing & Watering Juniper Plants

How To Prune Junipers & Other Conifers

How To Measure Square Feet of A Planting Area

Determining How Many Plants To Fill A Planting Area

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Had tried to find Blue Rug Junipers locally, but couldn’t find the quantity I wanted. Ordered from Wilson Brothers and these plants were better quality than I was able to find locally in addition to being available.——————————————————Thanks for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I have had two orders of 6 packs (1 gallon size) of this Juniper and it arrived in good condition and they seem to be thriving in this area of southwestern North Carolina.————————————————–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

Six Juniper one-gallon plants arrived EXTREMELY well packed by your shipping department. When I saw the treatment the box had received in transit from Georgia to Arkansas, I thought to myself, “even as tough as Juniper is, these plants must have suffered from such rough treatment.” Wrong….again!
The plants had been wrapped in a manner worthy of an early Egyptian Funeral and were still moist.
Eventually, I got around to planting those hardy suckers and they seem to grow a little every night.
I have been impressed with Wilson’s attention to detail in every step of this transaction.
Count me as a satisfied and, from this point forward, loyal customer.——————————————-Wow!! 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

All plants arrived very well packed and in good condition. I previously bought some 3 gallon rug junipers from a local nursery and these 1 gallons were not that much smaller.————————————————–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

We continue to be blown away by the quality of both the product and the packing for shipping. They were planted nearly a week later and were still moist and look beautiful!————————————————–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

I had an all-round positive experience with Wilson Bros. It started with my phone call to find out when their 6-pack of blue rug junipers would ship since it was January in Virginia. My call and question were answered very courteously and after ordering, the plants were shipped a few days later.
They came very quickly, were packed well and were nice, healthy junipers, each about 14 inches wide. Very good service and their price was the best on the internet for blue rugs! Thanks again.—————————————Awesome! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Absolutely amazed with the entire process, especially the end plant quality. Will have no issue trusting Wilson Bros on any future plant order. Thanks!——————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

We bought one gallon blue rug junipers. FedEx was a disaster. We were so pleased to see how incredibly healthy the plants were after a three extra days on the delivery time. My days of box store plants are over! We found a gem of a company.—————————————————-Yay! Thanks for the photos!! Sorry about FedEx…We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I was very pleased with the web site, multiple quantities gave a great discount. They arrived in excellent condition! I looked on you site to see how to correctly plant, if all goes well I will be buying more, all is done very well, and I can see no place for improvement!
Thank you for a great product and follow up!————————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I recently purchased 12 plants and was impressed in how quickly I received my order and how well they were packed. They are some of the healthiest plants I have ever purchased online.——————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Order of 2 six packs of Blue
Rug Juniper arrived quickly.
Well packed and protected.
All are growing and healthy.———————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Very nice healthy plants.——————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Arrived in sturdy cardboard, packed tightly. Were in very good condition. Planted within two days and all are doing well!———————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I have truly appreciated the quality of the plants I received, timeliness in the delivery, knowledge of the staff, and the excellent customer service. I really feel like they want us gardeners to succeed!———————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

These healthy blue rug junipers arrived in excellent condition as they were packed more competently than any other mail-order plant I’ve ever received. They are still newly planted so I can’t report on their growth yet, but their fine root systems make me optimistic.————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Your Blue Rug Junipers were EXACTLY what I was looking for! We’d done some landscaping for a customer a few years ago, built her a retaining wall and she’d asked if I could find her some low to the ground plants that would stabilize the bank long term. when I happened to be in her neighborhood a few weeks ago, she mentioned some of the original plants I’d gotten were not low to the ground, in fact they were a couple of feet tall. I told her I would take care if it. I came across your nursery site on line, you had these Blue Rug Junipers in stock, so we ordered 12 plants. They came right away, looked great, price was right. Can’t say enough good things about your company, Thank you! D. Monk———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

First time ordering shrubs online. Very pleased with speed of delivery and arrival of healthy looking shrubs. Now let’s see if I can keep them thriving. Would definately buy again from this company and recommend to others.—————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

I ordered 6 junipers to plant in front of a ditch. The plants arrived in excellent condition and they were well developed compared to ones that I have seen at home improvement stores. I would not hesitate to recommend Wilson Brothers Gardens.————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

These plants came in looking absolutely beautiful. They have great color and each plant looks ready to start growing. They are just what we were looking for.
Thank you————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! Thanks for the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Beautiful plants . Arrived healthy and in good shape.————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

As a first time mail order buyer from Wilson’s Nursery, we could not be more pleased with the quality of the blue rug junipers we purchased. The healthy plants are already thriving in their new hone. Thanks you Wilson’s Nursery!———————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Hi Guys,
I bought 2 5-packs of these junipers. They were will packed, on time and healthy. The root system was wrapped around the inside of the pot and had to break them up so they could spread when in the soil. Real healthy root system. I have planted them and do not expect any problems.
I would buy again.————————————————–Thanks so much for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

The plants arrived in good shape and were very well packed.. Looking f forward to them covering my bank along with creeping thyme.————————————-We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG

Fantastic and healthy plants … the blue rug juniper were the right size, they were shipped carefully and promptly… I have them planted and I’m looking forward for them to take off. ——————————- WBG Reply: Hi Zubin – Thanks you so much for providing your review of the Blue Rug Junipers and we hope you enjoy it for years to come. Thanks also for your compliments…it makes everything we do even more worth the while. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can do for you. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

Plants were in perfect health when they arrived. They are already planted under the very nice coral bark maple I got with the same order. Glad to have found your nursery online. Have a lot more plants to buy and will check with your nursery first. Thanks for the great plants and service, Justin ————– WBG Reply: Hi Justin – Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review. I think you selected a great plant for underplanting the Coral Bark Japanese Maple. The Blue Rug Junipers should really help to show off the red bark of the maple during winter and the lime green leaves during the warm season. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens