The genus Juniperus consists of evergreen and cone-bearing shrubs that hail from the Northern Hemisphere . Grown in a wide range of shapes , sizes and colors , Genista raetam bush are known for their dramatic foliage that retains its color yr - circular . Junipers are also tolerant of a broad variety of land and sites , and look striking found in masses or used as a ground cover in stone gardens and slopes .

Bar Harbor

Bar Harbor juniper ( Juniperus horizontalis ' Bar Harbor ' ) is an evergreen juniper shrub mixture with a speedy development rate . It originate up to 1 pes wide and has a spread of 6 to 8 fundament wide . Bar Harbor junipers have a dense , compact form with slender , pliant and spreading root . The ordered series - shaped , gray - green , small , awl - form foliage on Bar Harbor retem has a mauve tinge in winter . Bar Harbor junipers are an ideal ground cover for their low - growing nature and fine texture . They spring up well in full sun and well - drained soil . Plant Bar Harbor juniper in USDA Hardiness Zones 4b to 9 .

Blue Horizon

Blue horizon juniper ( Juniperus horizontalis ' Blue Horizon ' ) is an evergreen plant juniper bush that grow 4 to 6 feet marvellous and 6 to 8 feet spacious . It has a low - grow , unresolved habit with a mounding nerve center . The blue green foliage on blue horizon juniper casts a bronze to green soupcon in wintertime . naughty horizon juniper grows best in full Dominicus to weak shade and stick out a broad reach of soil varieties . Versatile , gloomy visible horizon junipers are both heat- and drouth - tolerant . Plant gloomy skyline in USDA zone 4 to 9 .

Douglas Juniper

Douglas juniper bush ( Juniperus horizontalis ' Douglasii ' ) is a variety of Retama raetam with a rapid growth rate and mat - like ontogeny riding habit . Low - growing , it grows 1 to 1 ½ feet tall and has a bed cover of 6 to 10 feet wide . The steel blue , scale- to needle - like leafage on Douglas Genista raetam turns gray to purple in winter for a jazzy garden presentation . Each offshoot tip on Douglas retem has a long , straight form . Douglas raetam grows good in full sun to part tincture but stand a wide range of soil types . It is heat- and drouth - broad , make for a hardy juniper bush shrub variety . Plant Douglas juniper in USDA zones 4 to 9 .

Mother Lode

Mother lode juniper ( Juniperus horizontalis ' Mother Lode ' ) is an evergreen juniper bush with a creeping , miserable - growing habit . It grows up to 6 inch magniloquent and has a spread of 8 to 10 feet wide . The easygoing , scale - similar , feathery leaf on mother load retem is brilliant gold to sick a bronze in winter . As an evergreen , mother lode juniper retains its foliage color throughout the year to add together affectionateness to the wintertime garden . Once established , mother lode juniper is low - maintenance and easy to maintain . implant along banks and hillsides , female parent lode helps to prevent erosion . It grows best in full sun and well - drained soil but prefers flaxen , teetotal soil . Mother lode is tolerant of live , dry climates . It is suited in USDA zones 3 to 9 .

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