Description:

Graceful weeping branches of sharp green needles; flaking bark and ornamental berries; attractive broadly spreading shape; makes an excellent border accent or screen

Ornamental Features

Broad Weeping Common Juniper is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its highly ornamental weeping form. It has grayish green evergreen foliage. The needles remain grayish green throughout the winter.

Landscape Attributes

Broad Weeping Common Juniper is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a rounded form and gracefully weeping branches. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Broad Weeping Common Juniper is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening

Planting & Growing

Broad Weeping Common Juniper will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist growing conditions, but will not tolerate any standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for xeriscaping or the moisture-conserving landscape. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selection of a native North American species.