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Blue star juniper vs blue rug juniper.
Squamata blue star zones 4 to 8.
Blue star juniper is a needled evergreen shrub with silvery blue densely packed foliage.
They have very rich silvery blue needles all year long.
I d like to know if a blue rug juniper could attain the manicured look.
And like golden pacific juniper this conifer adapts well to partial shade.
Buying plants from the garden center and trying to install them during mid to late summer the hottest part of the year is not a good idea as the summer s heat will stress your young plants and make it hard to keep them watered well enough.
Few shrubs offer as much impact per square foot as blue star juniper j.
This ornamental specimen is a perfect fit for any landscape.
If you take a bird s eye view of the shrub you will notice that the clusters of needles atop the tiny stems resemble stars.
The soft scaly.
Blue rug juniper can be grown in planting zones 3 to 9.
Look no further than the blue star juniper.
In the colder months its foliage takes on a red orange cast providing winter interest.
Blue rug juniper has the widest hardiness range from usda zones 3 through 9 while blue pacific is hardy only in zones 6 through 9.
Its billowy blue highly textural foliage reminds me of a cumulus cloud.
Cold climate gardeners should choose blue rug.
This dwarf shrub has a mound shape to it.
Blue star juniper grows in wide graceful mounds that look terrific as specimens or in group plantings.
The dramatic color makes quite a stir when paired up with cotoneaster holly dogwood witch hazel ninebark or weigela.
If that fails i think this piece will look decent if i could get the foliage to tighten up.
Blue star junipers are small evergreen shrubs.
It creates a stunning and very classy look in the landscape.
Being a blue rug juniper i don t expect a lot of girth from it.
They have a very slow growth rate and will only reach 2 3 feet at maturity with a similar spread.
This juniper works well for rock gardens banks and on slopes.
It looks wonderful in pots as well.
Fast growing this low growing juniper makes a handsome groundcover and looks terrific in the rock garden.
To remedy that i m trying out an approach graft using a fast large growing juniper at the base.