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Ornamental Plants plus Version 3.0 - 00000804
11/12/99

Juniperus horizontalis--Creeping Juniper


Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9
Height: 2 ft Spread: 8 ft Form: spreading
Type: narrow-leaved evergreen shrub
Annual Growth Rate: 12 to 18 inches

Comments: Creeping Juniper has many excellent low-growing
cultivars. It tolerates exposed sites and a wide range of
soils. Some of the cultivars have bluish foliage. The
low cultivars (Vis. 8) are used as a ground cover. As they
mature, the plants will become somewhat mounded in the
center.

Cultivars:
'Bar Harbor' - Prostrate, wide-spreading cultivar with
bluish-green foliage (Vis. 1). The plant turns
purplish during the winter.
'Blue Chip' - Bluish foliage all year on a prostrate
growth habit (Vis. 2).
'BowDak' (Prairie Elegance TM) - Introduced at North
Dakota State University. A prostrate growth habit
and bright green color (Vis. 3).
'Glomerata' - A low-growing cultivar with purplish
foliage in winter.
'Hughes' - A 1-foot tall plant with silvery-blue
foliage turning slightly purplish in winter (Vis. 4).
'Marcellus' - A procumbent plant with bluish-gray
foliage, winter foliage color is purple.
'Monber' (Icee Blue TM) - The bluish foliage become
purplish at the tips of mature growth. The 4-inch
tall plant will spread 8 feet.
'Mother Lode' - A bright, golden-yellow (Vis. 5) sport of
'Wiltoni' that holds its color all summer (Vis. 6).
'Plumosa Compacta' (Andorra Juniper) - An 18-inch tall
plant with light green summer foliage and purplish
foliage in the winter.
'Plumosa Compacta Youngstown' - This cultivar of
Andorra juniper will be about 18 inches tall and will
spread 6 feet. The foliage is green.
'Prince of Wales' - A very low growing form with bright
green foliage.
'Monise' (Turquoise Spreader TM) - A 1-foot tall plant
with turquoise-green foliage and a prostrate growth
habit.
'Two Medicine' - A flat, carpet-like plant with bluish
foliage.
'Variegata' - White markings on the foliage, prostrate
growth habit.
'Webberi' - A low, mat-like plant with bluish foliage
and a 6-inch height.
'Wiltonii' (Blue Rug TM) - A very prostrate growth habit
with bluish foliage (Vis. 7).
'Yukon Belle' - A low grower with bright silver-blue
foliage. Selected for its hardiness and color.

References for Cultivars: Lake County Nursery 1999, Bailey
Nurseries 1999, Iseli Nursery 1999, Sheridan Nurseries
1999, Weston Nurseries 1999, Princeton Nurseries 1999,
Monrovia Nursery Company 1997, Ray Wiegand's Nursery 1999,
Wayside Gardens 1999, Studebaker Nurseries 1999, Berryhill
Nurseries 1999, Scarff's Nursery 1999, Gee Farms 1999,
Midwest Groundcovers 1999, Willoway Nurseries 1999.


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