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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.
This information about Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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