| Description | A low growing wide spreading Juniper for full sun. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (ju-NIP-er-us)(chi-NEN-sis) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Coniferous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, tolerates drier conditions once established |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | plants are dioecious, flowers are not ornamental |
| Fruit | globose fleshy fruit |
| Leaves | dark green |
| Stems | procumbent |
| Dimensions | 18-20 inches tall by a spread 0f 8-10 feet |
| 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. Also they will have branches that just seem to die for no apparent reason and these will need to be cut out using pruning shears |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | Japan |
| Cultivar Origin | Discovered in 1892 by C.S. Sargent in Japan. |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr) |
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