The Calgary carpet juniper is an interesting specimen, it is a low-spreading evergreen ground cover with soft, attractive scale like lime green foliage and arching branches; it can withstand very cold climate temperatures up to zone 3. Calgary Carpet juniper is also tolerant to heat and drought-like climates and is not palatable to animals such as rabbits and deer.
It has green scale-like foliage that is soft to the touch when compared to most junipers.
Shape
Low-growing, horizontal branching, mounding clusters of moss-like foliage.
Landscape
Calgary Carpet is a great landscape specimen since it is a low-growing shrub that has soft green foliage throughout the year, it is extremely durable and hardy. It is commonly used in the landscape in perennial borders or along pathways as an accent groundcover or mass plantings.
Cultivation
Grown best in full sun in well drained sandy loamy soil.
Pests
Juniper tip blight, bag worm, mealy bugs, midges, red cedar bark beetle.
