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Cultural Requirements: Best
in dry, well-drained soil in full sun.
Established plants withstand drought and wind.
salt-tolerant. Resistant to most pests
(including deer) and to cedar rust. Susceptible
to juniper twig-blight diseases that can cause
branch die-back. South of the Chicago region,
bagworm can be a problem. Ornamental Characteristics: A very low, flat,
spreading or trailing, dense, female evergreen
shrub with prickly, silvery-blue foliage that
turns light purplish in winter. Plants of this
female cultivar produce berry-shaped cones that,
if pollinated, ripen to a bluish color. (Male
plants of J. horizontalis produce small,
inconspicuous cones resembling catkins that
produce pollen.) Uses in the Landscape: Use as a
year-round ground cover, in foundation
plantings, on slopes, or trailing over ledges. |
