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Horticulture

A hardy, coniferous, evergreen, prostrate shrub with fragrant, silver-blue foliage, and tips that turns purple in the winter. 20cm (8in) high by 2m (6ft) wide. It produces small, globose fruit. Contact with the foliage may aggravate skin allergies.

Medicinal

Prescription Only Medicines Taxanes

Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Chip'

Family: CUPRESSACEAE
Genus: Juniperus
Species: horizontalis
Cultivar: 'Blue Chip'
Common names: Creeping Juniper; Carpet Juniper
Distribution summary: Northern America
Habit: Shrub
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Garden status: Not currently grown
Reason for growing: Medicinal, prescription only medicine


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