| General Description | A wonderful ground cover with a dense blue-green foliage that is highly salt tolerant and best when not pruned. It has feathery branches of sharp blue-green needles. The leaves are awl shaped and it is soft and prickly to the touch. |
| ID Characteristic | A low trailing evergreen shrub that has a bluish green colour with awl shaped leaves whorled in threes, and are less than an inch long. It produces female cones that are berry like and black in colour. |
| Shape | Spreading plants that can grow 10-18 inches and 6-8 feet wide, with awl shapes leaves grouped in three. |
| Landscape | The blue pacific juniper is used in rock/alpine gardens, border edging, and ground covers. |
| Propagation | Junipers are generally propagated from semi-hardwood cuttings best taken in July through November. Roots will have most likely developed by the following spring. |
| Cultivation | The blue pacific juniper prefers full sun and is highly tolerant to salt, drought, and sandy soils. it is intolerant to wet soils. It grows in all soil as long as it is well drained. |
| Pests | Can be prone to aphids and juniper scales. Can also be prone to certain diseases such as blight or cedar apple rust. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description | The stems are yellowish green in colour with lateral branches that lay along the ground. |
| Leaf Description | The leaves are awl shaped, whorled in three. They are slightly prickly to the touch and are bluish green in colour. |
| Fruit Description | The blue pacific juniper produces berry-like cones with a flat base that are bluish black in colour. |
| Colour Description | The colour of the foliage is a blue-green colour with black berry like cones and a yellowish green stem that crawls along the ground. |
| Texture Description | When you feel the leaves of a blue pacific juniper, you will notice that the leaves are soft and slightly prickly to the touch, and the berries are hard to the touch. |