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Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' (Japanese Garden Juniper) - This is a slow growing dense evergreen groundcover that grows to 6 inches tall with a 5 to 6+ foot spread with branches radiating from the center in all directions holding blue-green prickly quarter inch long awl-shaped leaves held in whorls of three.
Plant in full sun to part shade and is drought tolerant. It is very hardy - to below 0 degrees F. This neat and beautiful juniper makes a great solid groundcover that can grow over low obstacles and because of its relatively slow growth is often used in bonsai.
Some list the native range of this plant as endemic to high mountains on Kyushu and a few other islands of southern Japan, while others consider it native to the coast also to southern and western coasts of Korea. It is a closely related species to the Chinese Juniper, Juniperus chinensis, and is sometimes treated as a variety of it. The junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere with the genus name an old Latin name used by Virgil and Pliny with the specific epithet meaning "prostrate". We have grown this attractive and useful groundcover since 1979.
The information displayed on this page about Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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