Blue Chip Juniper Tree
Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Chip’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-9b (10a?) Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Coniferous Evergreen Tree
Height at Maturity: 2-3′
Width at Maturity: 2′
Spacing: Use as specimen or space 4′ or more apart for groupings
Spacing: Use as specimen or space 4′ or more apart for groupings
Growth Habit / Form: Cascading
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: None
Flower Size: NA
Flowering Period: NA
Flower Type: NA
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Dark Blue-Green
Fragrant Foliage: Yes
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Light Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Afternoon Sun
Water Needs: Very Low when established
Soil Type: Clay (Amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sandy, Silty
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained to Dry when established
Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Very little to none
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Cold Temperatures (-40F), Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Foot Traffic, Heat, Insect, Salt Air
Description
This is the unique and lovely weeping tree form version of the Blue Chip Juniper, a super-hardy and easy-to-grow North American nat8ive coniferous evergreen. Typically it grows only a few inches tall and spreads to form a ground-hugging mat, but this high-graft tree form features a straight trunk from which feathery sprays of year-round steel blue foliage will gracefully cascade downwards like a waterfall. The foliage never turns to green. You can let the foliage weep to the ground or easily keep it trimmed up to a desired height. An excellent specimen for small garden spaces or in garden beds or pots that can be situated on patios, decks and around other outdoor living spaces.
Landscape & Garden Uses
The Blue Chip Juniper Tree is ideal for use as a specimen in small garden spaces or in containers that can be situated on patios, sunny balconies, terraces, decks and around other outdoor living and sitting spaces. A fine addition to conifer gardens, blue theme gardens, rock gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).
Suggested Spacing: Use as a specimen or 4 feet apart for spaced groupings
Growing Preferences
The Blue Chip Juniper Tree is easy to grow in most any well-drained soil of average to low fertility. It can also be grown in pots, planters and other containers. As with so many other ornamental plants, constantly soggy or wet soil can cause root rot and other harmful plant diseases. Best in full sun however will tolerate some light shade. We suggest at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. No pruning is required though it responds well to it. If left unpruned the foliage may weep all the way to the ground and begin to spread horizontally. However, with a little snipping once or twice a year you can easily keep the foliage trimmed up to a desired height.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for low growing Junipers.
How To Plant A Juniper Tree
Fertilizing & Watering Juniper Plants
How To Prune Junipers & Other Conifers
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