
$12-25avg. price
Groundcover🦌 Deer Resistant💧 Drought Tolerant
Japanese Garden Juniper
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'
Japanese Garden Juniper is the go-to evergreen groundcover — a dense, creeping mat of blue-green foliage that hugs the ground and cascades beautifully over walls and banks. It creates a year-round green carpet that suppresses weeds and requires almost zero maintenance. Perfect for Japanese gardens, rock gardens, and slope stabilization.
Hardiness Zones
4-9
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water Needs
Low
Maintenance
Low
Mature Size
6-12 in H × 4-6 ft W
Growth Rate
Slow
Bloom Season
Non-flowering (evergreen)
Bloom Color
Blue-green foliage year-round
Care Guide
Plant in full sun with well-drained soil. Virtually no watering once established. No pruning needed — let it spread naturally. Space 4-5 feet apart for solid coverage in 3 years. Avoid overhead watering in humid climates. No fertilizer necessary.
Landscape Uses
Ground coverRock gardensJapanese gardensSlope stabilizationCascading over walls
Best Growing Regions
northeastmidwestsoutheastwestmountain
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