Juniperus Procumbens seed

LATIN NAME: JUNIPERUS PROCUMBENS

COMMON NAME: Japanese Garden Juniper

The Japanese garden juniper carpets the low, spreading mat with the dense, blue-green, scale-like leaves on the trailing branches that hug the ground, the whole plant forming the soft, evergreen carpet. The foliage keeps the blue-green tone through the year, and the plant spreads wide and low. It stands the cold, the heat, and the dry spells well. It likes the sun, and the light, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

In the cypress family, the prostrate junipers have a recognised place in the studies of the evergreen groundcovers, and the procumbens species appears in the research on the rooting of the trailing branches and the cold hardiness. The horticulturists value the dense, evergreen carpet, while the botanists note the scale-like foliage that holds the blue-green tone. The seed biology fills out the picture, and the growers of the rock-garden and the bonsai plants keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the rock garden and the slope, the Japanese garden juniper carpets the ground with the blue-green. The dense, trailing mat covers the banks and the borders, holds the soil well, and keeps the colour through the year, standing the cold and the dry spells. It grows well in the light, well-drained, sunny ground. Low, evergreen and rock-hardy.

To grow the Japanese Garden Juniper from seed,

Press the seeds into the gritty, sandy surface of the flat, then cover them lightly, keep the flat in the bright, cool spot and water gently

Keep the flat bright and gently watered, and let the young plants spread low. The blue-green carpet fills out slowly.

. The seedlings spring up within a few weeks, and they grow on slowly. Settle the young plants in the sunny, light ground, and the blue-green mats will carpet the rocks over the years.