| Description | A wide spreading low growing Juniper with green foliage during the summer changing to a steel gray in the fall winter. |
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| Pronunciation | (ju-NIP-er-us) (hor-i-zon-TA-lis) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Coniferous |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average will tolerate some dryness when established |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Leaves | green, radial branching and turns a steel blue green color in winter |
| Dimensions | 6-9 foot spread with a height of 1 foot, space 4-6 feet on center depending on the desired effect, allow for at least 6 feet of spread |
| Maintenance | It is difficult to properly prune ground cover Junipers. Most people just cut the ends and after a few years pointed stubbed branches form. Lift up the outside branches cutting the underneath branches and feather back the top branches to a crotch of a branch. This will develop into a much softer outside edge of the shrub. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery) |
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