General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Plant Height: 18 inches
Plant Spread: 4 to 8 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Needled
Uses: Groundcover
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Dioecious
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Creeping Juniper
  • Andorra Juniper
Also sold as:
  • Plumosa Compacta Youngstown
  • Plumosa Youngstown

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Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-08-28
"Juniperus horizontalis 'Youngstown', 2017, [Andorra Juniper], jo
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-10-05
Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Sep 5, 2018 7:22 PM concerning plant:
    Juniperus horizontalis 'Plumosa Compacta Youngstown' is a compact Andorra Juniper that is more resistant to possible Phomopsis Juniper Blight fungus that can damage or kill some species of groundcover junipers, as the Creeping Juniper (J. horizontalis) and its cultivars, especially the Andorra types, during years with long, cool, wet springs. This cultivar is commonly sold at many conventional nurseries. It is also a male clone, so it does not bear the juniper "berries."

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