Juniperus ‘Tamariscifolia’ Evergreen Conifer Plant – 3Ltr Pot

Add attractive evergreen ground cover and year-round structure to your garden with Juniperus ‘Tamariscifolia’, a popular spreading juniper featuring dense, feathery blue-green foliage and gracefully arching branches. Its naturally layered growth creates a broad, gently domed appearance, making it ideal for covering banks, softening border edges and adding texture to rockeries and larger planting areas.

Key Features

• Dense Blue-Green Foliage: Attractive evergreen foliage provides colour, texture and interest throughout the year.

• Low-Growing, Spreading Habit: Forms a broad, layered mound that is ideal for covering open ground.

• Excellent Ground Cover: Well suited to banks, slopes, rockeries and the front of larger garden borders.

• Hardy and Drought-Tolerant: Once established, tolerates periods of dry weather and requires relatively little maintenance.

• Reliable Evergreen Structure: Provides consistent garden coverage and an attractive architectural form in every season.

• Steady Growth: Typically grows around 10–15cm per year, gradually spreading to cover a wider area.

Product Description

Juniperus ‘Tamariscifolia’ is a versatile evergreen conifer valued for its spreading growth habit and attractive blue-green foliage. Its arching branches develop in overlapping layers, forming a dense, slightly domed mat that adds depth and texture to garden planting schemes.

Particularly useful where low-growing evergreen cover is required, this juniper can be planted on banks and slopes, in rock gardens or along the front of larger borders. Its spreading habit also makes it useful for softening hard landscaping and helping to disguise unsightly areas within the garden.

The feathery foliage provides an attractive contrast when planted alongside golden conifers, ornamental grasses, flowering perennials and other hardy shrubs. As an evergreen plant, it maintains its decorative appearance throughout the year, helping to keep garden spaces looking established even during the winter months.

Juniperus ‘Tamariscifolia’ is a hardy and dependable choice for a variety of garden settings. It performs best in a sunny position with well-drained soil and, once established, is tolerant of drier conditions. Its naturally spreading form means little pruning is usually required, making it a practical option for low-maintenance landscaping.

With an estimated spread of approximately 150cm after 10 years, this variety is particularly useful for gardeners seeking a broad, attractive ground-covering conifer.

Specifications

• Botanical Name: Juniperus ‘Tamariscifolia’

• Common Name: Tamariscifolia Juniper

• Plant Type: Evergreen ground-covering conifer

• Pot Size: 3-litre nursery pot

• Foliage Colour: Blue-green

• Foliage Type: Dense, feathery evergreen foliage

• Growth Habit: Low-growing, wide-spreading and layered

• Growth Rate: Approximately 10–15cm per year

• Estimated Spread After 10 Years: Approximately 150cm

• Light Requirements: Full sun preferred

• Soil Requirements: Well-drained soil

• Suggested Uses: Ground cover, banks, slopes, rockeries and border edges

• Seasonal Interest: Year-round evergreen foliage

• Maintenance: Low maintenance once established

Care Tips

• Position: Plant in a sunny, open position to encourage healthy growth and attractive foliage.

• Soil: Choose well-drained soil and avoid areas where water collects around the roots.

• Watering: Water thoroughly after planting and regularly while the plant establishes. Once established, water during prolonged dry spells.

• Spacing: Allow sufficient room for the plant to spread. Consider its potential width when positioning it alongside paths, walls and neighbouring plants.

• Feeding: Apply a suitable slow-release fertiliser in spring if necessary, following the manufacturer’s instructions.

• Pruning: Little routine pruning is needed. Remove damaged or unwanted growth as required, avoiding severe cuts into old, bare wood.

• Companion Planting: Combine with ornamental grasses, flowering perennials and contrasting golden or dark green conifers for an attractive mixed display.

Juniperus ‘Tamariscifolia’ is an excellent choice for creating attractive, low-maintenance evergreen ground cover. Its dense blue-green foliage, spreading branches and hardy nature make it ideal for banks, slopes, rockeries and larger borders, providing lasting colour and structure throughout the year.

The plant’s growth rate and size will vary depending on planting position & conditions. Bloom, foliage and interest may vary from photo upon delivery, dependant on season.

Delivery Note: Please note that unfortunately we are currently unable to deliver plants to Northern Ireland.