How to Grow Juniper (Juniperus)

Junipers come in an amazing variety of sizes and colors - blue, green and speckled. This evergreen is a good ground cover on slopes and is great for covering the tops of walls. Juniper thrives in USDA zones 4 to 9.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Fertilizers
• Garden Hoses
• Garden Spades
• Mulch
• Plants
• Shovels

1. Look for plants at nurseries in spring and summer, or year-round in warmer climates.
2. Choose healthy-looking plants with signs of new growth in leaves and flower buds. Buy juniper in 1-gallon containers.
3. Choose a site with full sun and well-drained soil.
4. Dig a hole for each plant no deeper than the plants were growing in the containers; space the holes 3 feet apart.
5. Add a light application of organic fertilizer to the planting holes before setting the plants in.
6. Mulch around but not on top of the plants with 3 inches of organic compost.
7. Water well until soil is completely moist, weekly, during the first year only.

Tips & Warnings

• Juniper must have well-drained - even sandy - soil, or it will be susceptible to a root rot disease.
• Depending on the variety, juniper can grow from 1 to 4 feet high (higher for trees) and spread about 4 to 6 feet.

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