Landscaping junipers you like the look of
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Looking for Dense, Spreading, Compact Juniper Cultivar
Comments (13)I've never seen "can be rejuvenation pruned" as part of the definition for a shrub. Some other types of shrubs don't lend themselves to this treatment, anyway. To me, a conifer, that grows to the height of what most of us think of as a shrub, is as much of a shrub as a forsythia or a viburnum. Conifers can be trees, shrubs, or groundcovers. I think Ken is the only person I've seen differ on that point. But hey, he can still be my buddy even if he doesn't know a shrubs a shrub (-; Ken, I don't have a list of junipers that do well here, but I think most do. Of course, virginiana grows like a weed on crack here. Most of the various junipers I've planted seem to do great. The only ones, that come to mind, that don't do as well here as I would like are the blue stars and closely related cultivars. They tend to die out a little in spots (not sure how unique that is to this climate). Someone today recommended using a cotoneaster for my application. I don't know why I hadn't considered it in this situation, but now I'm kind of leaning towards that direction. My customer is supposed to see what she thinks of cotoneaster tomorrow. I'm still open to conifer suggestions though. In additions to the low-growing form (if I end up using conifers for this job), they'll need to have a more needle-like foliage instead of the scaly foliage on many junipers....See MoreLooking for ever-YELLOW prostrate juniper
Comments (0)...and so far come up with a two names, Juniperus horizontalis 'Mother Lode' and Juniperus conferta 'All Gold'. Could you suggest something else, not taller than a 4-6-8"? Also, while it seems like Mother Lode is somewhat readily available (Iseli grown), 'All Gold' is not. Any particular reason for that?...See MoreLooking for a narrow conifer. Is Blue Arrow Juniper a good choice
Comments (17)So ssmdgardener, about this little area of yours...what would you say the drainage is like now? Is it still a bit sunk, is it level, or is it now higher than the surrounding areas? If it's higher, my advice would be to go ahead and plant the blue arrows in the clay. Three trees in some kind of triangle seems about right. Another clay-friendly option would be a narrow columnar yew such as taxus x media 'beanpole'. If it is flat, with decent drainage, then I would suggest creating a mound or raised bed of better-draining soil on top rather than mixing it in with the clay. I think this strategy has more merit than amending because it emulates nature, where in most areas you will see a layer of organically rich, loose soil on top and the soil gets more compacted the deeper you dig. If you do this, I think you can pick from a wide range of conifer species, and the blue arrows should work fine also. If it is still somewhat sunken and mucky, I think you should not plant conifers there unless you can bring the level of clay soil even higher. I have had good luck so far with Fine Line Buckthorn(rhamnus frangula 'Ron Williams') in a mucky spot in my own yard. This is a plant that looks a lot like a conifer during the growing season, and while it won't give you winter color, it does have a nice sculptural look in winter, as you can see in this photo:...See MoreGrowing Vine-Like, Low-Growing Junipers
Comments (5)Thanks to both of you for the answers. The pictures were lovely! I do like your garden look. You replied even if you have large spruces with ground covers around it, it wont harm neither. The ground cover may try to crawl under the spruces, but it won't matter. Thanks for that statement. That is what my main concern was so now I feel better. What about something like a sea green juniper planted near a Colorado blue spruce? I don't know why but I thought I heard if you have a Colorado blue spruce and let low lying shrubs etc grow into them that the Colorado blue spruce tree quits growing where it touches the other shrub hedge etc. Do I need to be concerned about that? Can various evergreen shrubs of various sizes be planted in the bed with the Colorado blue spruce trees? And yes they will no doubt in time grown together. Is this all bad? Or do you remove the evergreen shrubs as the trees and the shrubs get larger and closer together? Thanks again!...See Morebengz6westmd
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