Blue Rug Juniper - Live Plants - 2" Pots - Juniperus Horizontalis 'Wiltonii' - Low Maintenance Evergreen Groundcover

Grown, packaged and shipped exclusively by Florida Foliage. One of the finest trailing junipers having a uniform, full centered growth habit with intense silver-blue evergreen foliage. Excellent for large scale groundcovers or cascading over walls. The cultivar is Wiltonii (thus the secondary common name of "Wilton's carpet"). These plants are low-growing evergreen shrubs. Plants in the Juniperus genus are grouped with the conifers, although, granted, most people would mistake the cones for berries. These berry-like cones are dark blue and used to flavor both cuisine and gin. The plants are also dioecious. They are just one type of creeping juniper. The foliage is a silvery-blue, thus the first half of its common name. The second half comes from its growth habit, as it forms a dense, low mat (rug), making it an ideal ground cover. It grows to be 4 to 6 inches tall. Its foliage turns a purplish-bronze in winter. Blue Rug spreads rapidly, making it ideal for homeowners who are in a hurry to install ground covers on an incline to control erosion. No plant is "no-maintenance," but this one is certainly "low-maintenance." Space these plants 4 to 6 feet apart to form a dense enough mat to crowd out weeds. To aid their weed-control efforts prior to maturity, make sure that they are well mulched (but do not pile up mulch over the plants' crowns). In fact, for better weed control, some people grow Blue Rug juniper in a bed covered with black plastic, poking holes in the latter to make room for the ground cover. Do not allow fallen leaves and branches to smother young plants (leaves can be blown off your planting with a leaf blower). Thin out mature plants for better air circulation, which will help avoid disease, but do not prune severely.