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Low and spreading plants make excellent ground cover, and can effectively ‘soften’ straight lines of borders and paving areas. And you can grow taller plants up through drifts of them

Latin name

Juniperus horizontalis

Common name

Creeping juniper

Type of plant

Shrub

Hardiness

Hardy

Flower colour

N/A

Leaf colour

Blue green

Height and spread

50cm x 2.5m (2ft x 8ft)

Description

A prostrate wide spreading evergreen conifer that has aromatic leaves and produces pale blue-grey berries. Some cultivars have needles that turn purple in winter. Can become a bit invasive.

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Juniperus horizontalis, Creeping juniper

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