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4 Evergreen Shrubs
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Common Juniper
Juniperus communis depressa
Height: 2'-5'
Width: 10'-20'
Sun: full
Water Use: low
Soil Moisture: dry
Soil Types: well-drained, sandy, rocky, loam
Bloom Period: May-June
Fruit Color: blue
Fruit Type: cone
Edible Parts: fruit
Fall Color: bronze
Zone: 3-4
Recommended: Fragrant Garden, Edible Garden
Comments: Aromatic, fine-textured foliage. Dioecious. Drought-tolerant. Found abundantly in varied portions of northern and southeastern Minnesota growing on steep bluffs, river bottoms, margins of swamps.
Retail Pricing
#5 Cont.: $34.0018"+ spread
#7 Cont.: $52.0024"+ spread
Common Juniper 'Blueberry Delight' ref
Juniperus communis depressa 'AmiDak'
Height: 1'-2'
Width: 4'
Sun: full
Soil Types: well-drained
Fruit Color: blue
Fruit Type: cone
Edible Parts: fruit
Recommended: Fragrant Garden, Edible Garden
For reference only. Not currently stocked.
Spreading Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
Height: 6"-8"
Width: 6'-12'
Sun: full, part
Water Use: medium, low
Soil Types: well-drained sand, loam, clay tolerant
Fruit Color: blue
Fruit Type: cone
Edible Parts: fruit
Fall Color: blue, purple
Zone: 2-4
Recommended: Fragrant Garden, Groundcover, Edible Garden
Comments: Low, spreading deep green foliage. Forms dense groundcover. Abundant in far north of Minnesota and occurs locally on exposed sandstone cliffs in southeastern Minnesota.
Retail Pricing
#7 Cont.: $52.0024"+ spread
Canada Yew
Taxus canadensis
Height: 1'-5'
Width: 8'
Sun: full, part, shade
Soil Moisture: wet-mesic, mesic
Soil Types: well-drained
Fruit Color: red
Fruit Type: aril
Wildlife: Deer
Comments: Toxic foliage. Browsed by deer. Rare in the nursery trade.
Retail Pricing
#1 Cont.: $29.009-12"
