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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 about Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
Please note that after 46 years in business, San Marcos Growers will be discontinuing nursery operations by the end of 2025 and the property will be developed for affordable housing.
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