| Scientific Name: | Juniperus procumbens |
| Common Name: | Japanese garden juniper, green mound weeping juniper |
| Family Name: | Cupressaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer, Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Pendulous, Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like, Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Rock garden, Small garden/space, Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Whorled, Prickly, Linear |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Green, Brown, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Black |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Shrub spreading/trailing over wall, elongated branches stiff and turn up at the ends, internodes very short; leaves in whorles of 3, mostly awl-like, needle boat-shaped, 6-8mm long; seed cones black and glaucous when ripe, subglobose, 8-9mm diameter; seeds 4mm long, ridged, 2-3 per cone. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/cu/Juniperus_procumbens.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |