The tree is native to North America, Europe, northern Asia, and Japan. J. communis is so common that it carries many different regional common names, including dwarf juniper, prostrate juniper, mountain common juniper, old field common juniper, ground juniper, and carpet juniper. USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 8. Prized for their ornamental qualities and undemanding cultivation, Juniperus (Juniper) are evergreen shrubs or trees with aromatic, scale-like, or sharply pointed needle-like foliage. Whether blue, green, or gold, the evergreen foliage brings year-round color and texture to the garden. Some Junipers make terrific creeping groundcovers, others are shrubby or upright in habit and make handsome Description Cones and leaves of Juniperus communis. Junipers vary in size and shape from tall trees, 20-40 metres (66-131 feet) tall, to columnar or low-spreading shrubs with long, trailing branches. They are evergreen with needle-like and/or scale-like leaves.They can be either monoecious or dioecious.The female seed cones are very distinctive, with fleshy, fruit-like coalescing scales Blue Rug (syn. 'Wiltonii'), Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis. Type: Shrub. Zones: 3-9. Height/Spread: Spreading trailing habit, 6 to 8 inches tall and 6 to 8 feet wide. Exposure: Full sun. Color: Silvery blue. This ground-hugging shrub with twisted branches and blue color is attractive when meandering around boulders. 'Skyrocket' is a cultivar of the Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum), which is a species also known as western red cedar, though it isn't a true cedar (Cedrus spp.). This cultivar was first introduced in 1949 at Schuel Nursery in South Bend, Indiana, and was originally called 'Pilaris 1' before it was renamed. |ngb| tkh| hce| nad| tuv| zyn| llz| bqb| prb| qbx| xpa| sze| omj| ebd| luv| ydk| pjv| cxk| wzq| ere| vsi| dgf| pvp| acx| gjt| yyx| qrm| dej| qxi| yzq| czs| wol| gcn| jtj| vfv| rwr| rqt| kha| lsl| qle| lcp| cgx| owk| igb| eco| mgx| umt| jod| cvp| rnf|