Creeping Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis) 3 GAL
Fall Species
This Species is typically available during our Fall Sale Preorders in August, and/or the in-person Fall Sale Mid-September through Mid-October at Geist Nursery in Fishers, IN.
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This species is not available this year. We hope to see it next Fall!
Yes, this is the wild-type of the creeping juniper in the nursery trade! An evergreen ground that prefers loose, dryer soils but can adapt to rich garden soils if other plants are not allowed to overgrow it. Generally spreads by running, rarely by seed. Intolerant of wet soil.
Pollination: Male and female needed.
Light: Full Sun
Soil Moisture: Mesic, Dry Mesic
Soil Type: Adaptable
Height: 1’-3’
Width: 8’+
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Bloom Time: -
Fruit: Very small seeds in small cones take 2 years to mature.
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Root Type: Branching
Notable Wildlife Interactions: Hosts two moths including the red-striped juniper looper, and a few smaller insects. Cones and seeds are eaten by a few game birds and songbirds. Occasionally browsed by deer.
Notes: Like cedar trees, it hosts cedar apple rust. Cones are wind pollinated.
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