From R P Adams (2004), Junipers of the World: Juniperus procumbens (Sieb. ex Endl.) Miquel .... Dioecious. Shrubs procumbent. Trunk bark brown, exfoliating in plates .... Seed cones glaucous, greenish-tan when immature, glaucous, black when mature, subglobose, 8-9 mm in diam. Seeds (1-) 2-3 per cone, ca. 4 mm, ridged. .... Uses widely cultivated, cv. 'Nana' is very common. Distribution: south coast Japan, south and west coasts of Korea. Status: not threatened. - - - - - - - - - - - - Presumably only cv. 'Nana' is widespread in cultivation; if it is J. squamata misidentified, maybe the true species is not in cultivation at all. But it shouldn't be hard to find in Japan or Korea. Resin

You are one of the lucky ones (or instinctively sensitive ones) because for whatever reason, people do have bad luck with them, either by overdoing the care, underdoing it, or just plain ignorance and bad luck.

I am not so sure what you are looking for is out there. You want something that is larger then 'Blue Pygmy' but slow enough that it doesn't in 10 years jump to 4-5 ft. in spread? You can, for years, keep spreading/ mounding junipers in check with selective pruning. The key word here is selective. Know what you want to achieve with this cultivar then make your cuts accordingly. It's a common practice that I use for my small islands. Also applies to other Genus/species cultivars. I have kept some in check for years that if left to free range would have taken over my whole island and in the yard making an impossible situation to deal with. Dave

Certainly one gigantic list for a new collector. It does remind me of me. Here's a taste of similar conifer overdose a list of some plants I planted in the first five years. Abies(314 different, 488 total) Alba(23 different, 35 total) Aargau(UK)(2) Aurea(UK) (possibly Abies firma 'Aurea') Badenweiler(SD) possibly 'Schwarzwald' Barabits Star(LD) Bystricka(TM) Compacta(SD) Green Spiral(INT)(3) Hana(SD) Havel(SD) Hedge(SD) Holden Arboretum WB(SD) Hockstucki(UK)(2) Ibergeregg(MD) Kladsko(SD) Mlada Boleslav(SD)(2) Pancake(UK) Probably Abies koreana Pectinana Compacta(likely Compacta)(SD) Pendula(LG)(3) Pyramidalis(INT) Scarabantia(SD) Schwarzwald(SD)(3) Sejna(SD) Species(LG)(4) Amabalis(3 different, 5 total) Compacta(SD)(2) Procumbens(SD) Spreading Star(LD)(2) Balsamea(21 different, 34 total) Bear Swamp(SD) Bruce's Variegated(LD)(2) Eugene Gold(SD)(2) Frozen Fingers(UM) - dead Golden Eye(MD?) - dead Hudsonii(SD) Idea(SD) Jamy(TM) ?? (Jamie?) Jorma(TM) Mike S.(UK) Nana(SD)(2) Old Ridge(SD) Temp Piccolo(TM)(3) Piccolo(TM)(2) Buchholz Prostrata(SD)(3) Rangely Blue(LG) R. Stevens(SD) Tee Pee(SD) Treehaven Dwarf(SD) Tyler's Blue(SD)(4) Weeping Larry(INT)(3) Wolcott Pond(SD)(2) Verkade's Prostrate(MD) Concolor(10 different, 10 total, 26 dead) (Note many are suffering from a rust issue, working on a fix) Archer's Dwarf(LD) - dead Birthday Broom(TM) Blue Cloak(INT) dead Blue Sapphir(TM) Seems fine Bryce Canyon(SD) Bugy Wugy(SD) By Road(SD) dead Candicans(INT)(1) Compacta(SD)(2) dead Conica(LD)(2) dead Gable's Weeping(LD) dead Glenmore(INT) dead Hosta La Vista(TM)(Hidden Lakes WB) Husky Pup(TM) Igel(SD) - Probably Abies grandis King's Gap(SD) dead Kinky(LD) dead Kojakovice(TM) dead La Veta(SD)(3) Health Morton(UK) dead Ostrov nad Ohri(MD) dead Piggelme(TM) Pyramidalis(UK) dead Rochester(LD) dead Scooter dead St. John(TM) Health Wattezii Prostrate(LD) dead Wintergold(LD) Fraseri(11 different, 15 total) Compacta(SD) Dennys Doll(SD) Fastigiata Compacta(SD)(2) Flynn's Flash(MD) Klein's Nest(LD)(2) Nana(SD) Temp Old Glory(UK) Prostrata(LD)(3) Rawles WB(UM) Reeseville Selection(LD) Wingle's Blue Bonnet(SD) Vasti(SD) Grandis(8 different, 8 total) Aurea(INT)(x2) Cascade Falls(LG) Compacta(SD) Igel(TM) Leutenegger(INT) (x concolor)(x3) Leonovice(SD) Pendula(INT) Van Dedem's Dwarf(SD) Koreana(76 different, 143 total) X procera #2(INT)(2) Alpine Star(SD)(2) Amy's Afternoon(TM) Aurea(LD)(3) Aurea Jeddeloh Clone(SD) Beskid Gold(SD) Black Prince(MD) Blaue Zwo(INT)(5) Blauer Eskimo(SD)(5) Blauer Pfiff(LD)(6) Blinsham Gold(UK) Blue Emperor(MD) Blue Magic(SD) Blue Standard(LD) Blue Star(UK) Bonsai Blue(SD) Brevifolia(SD) Brilliant(SD) Cis(SD)(3) Compact Dwarf(SD) Dark Hill(UK) Dennis(TM) Doni-Tajuso(TM)(actually 'Gruebele') Eisregen(TM) Festival(SD) RIP Fincham's Seedling(INT) Fliegender Untertasse(SD) Fruhlingsgold(UK) Gait(LD)(3) Gelbbunt(SD)(2) Glauca(INT)(3) Gnome(TM) Golden Glow(SD)(3) Golden Dream(SD)(2) Green Ball(TM)(2) Green Carpet(LD)(6) Green Compact(SD)(2) Green Spreader(SD) Gruebele(TM) Hexenbesen Wursten(SD)(3) Horstmann(SD)(2) Inge(Grazil)(SD) Inverleith(UK) Kleiner Prinz(TM)(probably same as 'Inge'/'Grazil') Kobalt(UK) Kohout's Hexe(TM)(2) Kohout's Icebreaker(SD)(3) Kristallkugel(TM)(2)(actually 'Gruebele') Lippetal(SD) Same as 'Hexenbesen Wursten'? Moll(UK) Ordered Nadalkissen(SD)(4) Nana(SD) (Possibly 'Oberon') Nanaimo(LD) Nigrans(MD) Oberon(SD)(2) Ohltacca(INT) Ottostrasse(TM) Pancake(?) Piccolo(TM) Pinocchio(SD)(2) Prostrate Beauty(SD)(4) Rodzyn Gold(UK) Schwedenkönig(SD) Silber Zwerg(SD) Silbermavers(SD)(2) Silberperl(SD)(3) Silberkugel(SD)(3) Silberlocke(INT)(6) [Silberlocke Seedling #1(UK)] [Silberlocke Seedling #2(UK)] [Silberlocke Seedling #3(UK)> Silberreif(SD) Silver Show(LD)(2) Stark's Dwarf(?) Likely 'Starker's Dwarf Starker's Dwarf(SD)(4) Taiga(SD) Tannja(SD) Tundra(SD)(2) Vengels(MD)(x2) Verdener Dom(SD) Ordered Wellenseind(TM) Wiki(SD)? Winter Goldtip(SD)(2) Unknown(MD) - Rare Tree, probably 'Compacta' Zehucise(SD) Zwergform Wuestemeyer(SD)(2) Lasiocarpa(25 different, 35 total) var. arizonica 'Glauca Compacta'(LD)(4) var. shastensis 'WB' Possibly Abies magnifica? Alpine Beauty(TM) Argentea(LD)(3) Blue Bear(LD)(2) Probably 'Argentea' Blue Waterfall(LG) Compacta(SD) Cvikov(TM) Daycreek(SD) DuFlon(UM) Frank(UK) Glacier(INT) Green Globe(TM) Hoyt HB(LD) Kyle's Alpine(SD) Jorg(SD) Logan Pass(UM)(3) Lopalpun(UM)('Logan Pass) Martha's Vineyard(SD) Mulligan's Dwarf(SD) Prickly Pete(SD)(2) Pride's Select(UK)(2) Siskiyou(UM) Siskiyou broom(UM)? Species(LD)(3) Stanley K(TM) Steven's Blue(TM) Utah(TM) Nordmanniana(24 different, 36 total) Barabit's Compact(SD)(x2) Brandt(MD) Berlin Dahlem(TM)(2) Broom H(TM)(3) Columnaris Szmit(?) Dobrichovice(?) Durham Dwarf(UK) Eifel(TM?) RIP Golden Spreader(LD)(5) Hunnewell WB(SD) - Probably Broom H Hupp's Perfect Pillar(INT)(2) "Hupp's Seedling #1] [Hupp's Seedling #2] [Hupp's Seedling #3] Jakobsen(SD) KBNG WB(TM) Now named Broom H Lennartz Midwinter Gold(UK) Muesterland(SD) Pendula(INT)(3) Petra(SD) Robusta(LG) Species(LG) Starker's Dwarf(SD)(2) Silver Del[Kaiser's Creamy](MD) Tortfolia(LG) Trautmann(SD)(correct form) Trautmann(INT) Perhaps not nordmanniana Bethlehem WB(TM)(2) Pinsapo(10 different, 14 total) Atlas(#2)(TM) Aurea(INT)(3) Fastigiata(LD) RIP Fatima(#1)(SD)(2) Glauca(LG)(2) Horstmann(SD) Kelleriis(INT) Marokko(#3)(SD) Monteverde(SD) Soltan(UK) Tuarek(#4)(SD) Procera(38 different, 57 total) Bizarro(SD) Blaue Hexe(SD)(3) Blue Spiral(LD)(2) Blue Wonder(SD) Ordered Danish Column(INT)(2) [Danish Gold](UK) Delbar's Cascase(INT)(5) Glauca(INT)(2) Glauca Procumbens(SD) Glauca Prostrata(SD)(2) Hupp's Blue(INT)(2) Hupp's Christmas Tree(LD)(3) Hupp's Compact(SD)(2) Hupp's Dwarf(TM) [Hupp's Seedling#1(SD)] [Hupp's Seedling#2(SD)] [Hupp's Seedling#3(SD)] [Hupp's Seedling#4(SD)] [Hupp's Seedling #5(UK)] [Hupp's Dwarf Weeper(UK)] [Hupp's Golden Seedling(UK)] Hupp's Single Snake(INT)(2) Hupp's Weeping(INT) Probably Delbar's Cascade La Graciosa(INT)(3) [Leo's Seed Orchard Dwarf(SD)] Medusa(LG) [Mier's Fastigata](UK) [Mier's Variegated](UK) Noble's Dwarf(SD) Obrighofen(SD) Pendula(INT) Pesek(SD) Pospisil(TM) Procumbens(SD) ?? Rat(INT) [Rice Hill Weeper(UK)] Rick's Foxtail(SD) Robenek(TM) Seattle Mountain(UK) Sherwoodii(LD)(3) Silver(LG) Species Yin(TM) [Tolines Farm WB(top)] Yang(TM) [Tolines Farm WB(bottom)] Veitchii(14 different, 27 total) var. olivacae(INT)(2) var. sikokiana(UK)(2) Aurea(UK)(2) Drevenack(TM) Glauca(LG)(3) Haltern(TM) Heddergott(SD)(3) Heine(SD)(3) Kohout's WB(SD) Kramer(SD) Pendula(INT)(3) Rumburk(SD)(3) Schneverdingen(SD) Species(1) Rare, Misc. Fir(51 different, 69 total) borisii-regis J.K. Greece(SD) bracteata Saint Lucia Fir(INT) On order - Bethlehem cephalonica(3 total) Anthione(SD) Meyer's Dwarf(SD) Minityp(SD) chensiensis Prostrata Glauca(LD) cilicica Greg's Broom(SD) Hunnewell WB(SD) likely same plant as 'Greg's Broom' Spring Grove(LD)(3) delavayi var. delavayi(LG) var. Forrestii(INT)(4) Buchanan(SD) Major Neish(SD) Nana(LD) durangensis var. coahuilensis(UK) fargesii Species(INT) Temp Headford(LD)(2) firma Golden Hue(UK)(2) Halgren(UK) Sol(LG) georgeii Species?(UK)(2) [Hupp's Seedling #1(Good Form)] var forestii(Forestfarm)(UK) holophylla Species, moved to Arboretum homolepis F.R. Newmann(SD) Havel(UK) Prostrata(LD)(2) Species(LG) Tomomi(UK) Wintergold(INT) Variegated(UK) koreana X lasiocarpa (koreocarpa) Diskus(SD) Freundenberg(MD)(3) Inga(MD)('Hurricane Blue')(x3) Species(UK)(2) lasiocarpa X shastensis Horstmann(TM) magnifica Mt. Si(SD) Nana(SD)(3) Prostrata(SD) mariesii Dr. Fricks(SD)(x2) nebrodensis Sicilian Gold(LD) nordmanniana subsp. equi-trojani Frank(SD) Barney(SD) Same plant as 'Frank', proper name 'Frank' [Hupp's Spire](INT) numidica Glauca(UK) Pendula(INT)(2) Select(UK) pindrow [Mier's Fastigate](UK) siberica Liptovsky Hradok(TM) Serko(SD) Wiry(UK) siberica var. alpina Species(unknown) squamata Flakey(INT?) vejarii Mountain Blue(LG)(3) X arnoldiana(veitchii x koreana) Poulsen(LD)(2) X umbellata Species(LG)(2) -Will