Description
Premium Blue Star Juniper - Stunning Compact Evergreen Shrub
Add striking blue-green color to your landscape with our premium Blue Star Juniper (Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'). This popular ornamental shrub is prized for its stunning silvery-blue foliage and compact, low-growing form, making it perfect for small gardens, rock gardens, and containers.
Why Choose Blue Star Juniper?
- Stunning Color: Vibrant blue-green to silvery-blue foliage provides year-round visual interest
- Compact Size: Mature size of just 2 feet high by 2 feet wide - perfect for small spaces
- Low Maintenance: Requires minimal care once established, ideal for busy gardeners
- Drought Tolerant: Thrives with minimal watering after establishment
- Versatile: Excellent for rock gardens, foundation plantings, borders, and containers
- Evergreen Beauty: Maintains color and texture throughout all four seasons
- Hardy: Reliable performance in USDA zones 4-8
What's Included
Each plant comes in a 1-gallon container, offering tremendous value and a well-established root system for easy transplanting and quick establishment in your landscape.
Plant Specifications
- Botanical Name: Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'
- Common Name: Blue Star Juniper
- Type: Compact evergreen shrub
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
- Mature Height: 2 feet
- Mature Spread: 2 feet
- Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
- Foliage Color: Blue-green to silvery-blue
- Form: Dense, mounding, compact
Growing Conditions
- Light: Full sun (6+ hours of direct sunlight daily for best color)
- Soil: Prefers well-drained acidic soil; adaptable to various soil types
- Water: Drought tolerant once established; moderate water during establishment
- Maintenance: Low maintenance; minimal pruning required
- Deer Resistance: Deer resistant
- Salt Tolerance: Moderate salt tolerance
Ideal Uses for Blue Star Juniper
- Rock gardens and alpine gardens
- Foundation plantings
- Border edging and pathway lining
- Outdoor containers and patio planters
- Small space gardens and urban landscapes
- Mass plantings for textural contrast
- Xeriscaping and drought-tolerant landscapes
- Year-round color in mixed borders
Planting & Care Instructions
- Site Selection: Choose a location with full sun and well-drained soil
- Planting: Dig a hole twice as wide as the root ball and the same depth. Place the plant so the top of the root ball is level with the ground
- Backfill: Fill the hole with native soil, gently firming around the roots to eliminate air pockets
- Watering: Water thoroughly after planting. Keep soil consistently moist during the first growing season
- Mulching: Apply 2-3 inches of mulch around the base, keeping it away from the trunk
- Ongoing Care: Once established, water during extended dry periods. Fertilize lightly in spring if desired
Design Tips
The Blue Star Juniper's compact form and striking blue color make it an excellent choice for creating visual interest in the landscape. Use it as a focal point in rock gardens, pair it with ornamental grasses for textural contrast, or plant in groups of three or five for dramatic impact. Its slow growth rate and small mature size make it perfect for low-maintenance foundation plantings and container gardens.
Why Choose 1-Gallon Size?
Our 1-gallon Blue Star Juniper offers tremendous value with a well-developed root system that establishes quickly in your landscape. This size is easy to handle, plant, and integrate into existing gardens while providing immediate visual impact at an affordable price point.
Shipping Restrictions: We do not ship plants to California, Arizona, Hawaii, Alaska, & USVI
Order your Blue Star Juniper 1-gallon today and enjoy stunning blue-green color, low maintenance, and year-round beauty in your landscape!
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