A mat-like shrub, Juniperus sargentii, commonly known as Sargent Juniper, is good for groundcover as it grows in a prostrate form with ascending branchlets to only two feet. Plants should be spaced 6 to 8 feet apart for spreading. It resembles the genus in adult scale-like leaves of blue-green and juvenile whorled needle-like leaves. It is aromatic and evergreen. The male plants have cones and the female cone is a fleshy blue berry like. It grows best in a sunny location in well-drained average soil. This plant withstands heat, deer, pollution and is moderately salt tolerant, but is subject to Cedar-Apple Rust disease and root rot in wet areas. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: See the "Pests of Conifers" fact sheet to the left. The Clemson Cooperative Extension Home and Garden Information Center has a factsheet on common juniper diseases and insect pests. Details of Juniperus chinensis follow, many of which apply to Sargent. More information on Juniperus chinensis .
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.