Why Plant Blue Chip Juniper?
The Blue Chip Juniper is one popular and versatile cultivar! This famous plant is known for its vibrant blue-green foliage and low-growing, spreading habit. This evergreen shrub is a perfect choice for gardeners looking to add year-round interest and color to their landscape. The Blue Chip has blue-green needles that are scaly and densely arranged on each branch. In the sun, their colors pop! In the winter, those colors transform into a purple hue that adds lovely contrast to the winter scene. The Blue Chip is one truly magnificent plant as it is highly tolerant of all soil types, drought, heat, and salt spray. What more can you want!
How to use Blue Chip Juniper in the landscape?
Plant this Juniper wherever you wish! This plant does a wonderful job decorating any spaces you need to cover up or decorate. You can plant this shrub along retaining walls or on slopes that need help with erosion control, in containers for porches or patios, or along your driveway as they can withstand the heat!
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 3-9
How To Plant Blue Chip Juniper
When planting the Blue Chip Juniper, they prefer to be planted in well-draining soil but can also adapt to a wide variety of soil conditions. Once the plant has established they will be rather drought tolerant and intolerant of wet soils.
How To Water
Young Junipers need to be watered twice weekly to help establish their roots. Once established, they will become rather drought tolerant.
How To Fertilize
Fertilize your Blue Chip each spring, before the flush of new growth appears!
How To Prune
These fellas generally do not need any pruning. If you prefer to prune, it is best to do so in early spring to prepare for new growth.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
