Horizontalis/horizontale Having habit or branches very horizontal; branches spreading outward rather than being erect.
J. horizontalis 'Mother Lode' also has a prostrate, creeping habit but is vibrant in the landscape with its bright gold foliage. It grows four inches high by four feet wide in 10 years.
Juniperus horizontalis 'Mother Lode'. Intermediate. Rich golden yellow foliage changes to a yellow-bronze hue tinged with plum in the winter landscape. Spreads horizontally. (Zone 3) ...
Johnswort (Hypericum calycinum) 5-8 creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis) 3-9 trailing lantana (Lantana montevidensis) 8-10 creeping lilyturf (Liriope spicata) 6-10 mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus) 7-10 Japanese spurge (Pachysandra terminalis) ...
Aster lateriflorus 'Horizontalis'
Astilbe (all)
Astilbe chinensis van pumila
Carex pendula
Cercidiphylum japonicum
Cimicifuga simplex Atropurpurea Group
Disanthus cercidifolius
Euphorbia schillingii
Fargesia nitida
Fatsia japonica ...
Above image: Some of the plants used for the squares of the checkerboard garden (opposite) are blue rug junipers (Juniperus horizontalis) 'Wiltonii' [1] and 'Blue Chip' [4] and bird's-nest spruce (Picea abies 'Nidiformis') [7].
Look out for Juniperus horizontalis 'Douglasii' which has a steely-grey foliage. What makes them such wonderful groundcover plants is that each layer of foliage grows on top of the one below, so they become quite dense.
Yankee Point Ceanothus, known also by its proper botanical name Ceanothus griseus var horizontalis, is an evergreen lilac shrub which originated from California.
Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis-A tough North American native whose prostrate growth habit is well suited to draping a container edge.
The species name usually describes the plant, for example, horizontalis means creeping. Sometimes, a variety name follows the species name. For example, Juniperus (genus) horizontalis (species) 'Blue Chip' (variety) is a creeping blue juniper.
Plants such as Cotoneaster horizontalis and Hydrangea quercifolia, are ditherers - they drop their leaves in cold winters but keep them if it is mild. Beech and hornbeam hedges retain their old dead leaves until the following spring.
The smallest is a Cotoneaster horizontalis, just 10cm high, and the tallest is a Chinese quince standing around 60cm high.
Cover them a bit with some low-growing evergreens, like a groundcover juniper such as Juniperus horizontalis. (Some of the cultivars are bluish in color or very pretty.) Want to disguise how narrow your home is?
Dwarf conifers for gold color
Picea pungens 'Spring Ghost' - Colorado Spruce. Spring growth is whitish-yellow.
Juniperus horizontalis 'Mother Lode' - Creeping Juniper. This prostrate form is bright yellow in summer.
Resistant junipers include J. virginiana cv. Prostrata, J. chinensis cv. Prostrata, and J. horizontalis cv. Bar Harbour and Prince of Wales.
Partial to Full Sun
Notes: Great for ground cover, this shrub bears tiny pink flowers in the spring. Other low-growing cotoneasters include Bearberry Cotoneaster (C. dammeri) and Rockspray Cotoneaster (C. horizontalis).
Crab apple (Malus floribunda)
12. Various species of Prunus, including flowering cherries, peaches and apricots
13. Wisteria
14. Rock Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
15. Small-leaved species of Azalea ...
Add in a silvery-blue Colorado spruce such as 'Montgomery' (Picea pungens 'Montgomery'), a greenish-blue rounded 'Blue shag' Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus 'Blue Shag') and earth-hugging blue rug juniper (Juniperus horizontalis) for contrasting ...
Rockspray Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
Yucca (Yucca filamentosa)
Oakleaf Hydrangea - (Hydrangea quercifolia)
Mock Orange - (Philadelphus sp.)
Wax Myrtle _ (Myrica cerifera)
Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) ...
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