23+ Blue Juniper Shrubs

Because so many other plants find it difficult to thrive on sunny slopes where water runs off so quickly that plants are apt to go thirsty this juniper cultivar is a practical solution. As dwarf shrubs blue star junipers are effective specimens for very small spaces.

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Turquoise is this naturally occurring color of blue stars lovely foliage permanently brightened and outlined by the shiny silver colored new growth on the tips of its branches. This species is also referred to as singleseed juniper due to the unique berry like seed cones produced each containing just one seed. Growing blue star juniper shrubs the blue star juniper is native to several locations around the world.

The foliage is evergreen and the shrubs grow into mounds some 2 to 3 feet 6 to 9 m high and wide. This juniper is usually found as a large shrub in the southwest though it can sometimes grow to be a medium sized tree in the wild. The types of juniper shrubs include low ground hugging forms medium sized shrubs and large pyramidal forms.

Blue rug juniper is a drought tolerant ground cover that craves fast drainage. The blue star juniper is 1 of those the blue star juniper is 1 of those rare plants that can completely redefine a landscape by providing 1 of the rarest and most sought after hues of foliage. Please choose a rating.

Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 8. Their foliage can be dark green light green silver blue or have golden hues. Blue star juniper accent shrub is ideal in rock gardens or massed to form groundcover and offers year round interest to your landscape.

They are most commonly found in the himalaya mountains northeastern afghanistan and into western yunnan in the southwest of china. Blue star is a sport of juniperus squamata meyeri the wood is very fragrant when burned and is used as firewood and incense. In landscaping it is used to create wildlife habitats and in drought tolerant gardening.

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