Juniperus horizontalis 'ANDORRA VARIEGATA' creeping juniper
size/type
low or groundcovering,low or groundcovering
usual height
0,3-0,4m
usual width
1-1,5m
leaves
evergreen conifer
colour of leaves
flowers
insignificant or non-blooming
location
full to partial sun
USDA zone (lowest)
4 (down to -34°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Creeping juniper is a useful and maintenance-free shrub, popular with landscapers because it is trouble-free, easy to grow, and needs very little care – virtually none. It comes from Canada and forms evergreen cushions of various colours. Andorra Variegata is an eye-catching variety with creamy-beige variegation. The main colour is mid green and up to 50% of the non-prickly needles may emerge creamy beige or almost light yellow coloured. It makes a compact shrub, growing less than 50 cm tall and about 1.5m wide at medium growth rate. It is not strictly ground-covering and the tips of new branches rise up a little above the main mass of the plant which makes an interesting texture. Grow creeping juniper in well-drained soil of any pH, preferably in full sun. In does not like deep shade so avoid places under trees whose canopies cast a deep shade. Ideal for covering slopes, rockeries, and as companion plants for taller shrubs or half-standard trees with small crowns. Fertilizing is not needed but will slightly increase growth rate and enhance shrub density. Creeping juniper withstand pollution and drought, once established. It is hardy to min. -34°C (USDA zone 4), possibly a little more. Suitable for outdoor containers and troughs.
Last update 23-01-2013
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
