This dwarf conifer has stiff spreading woody branches that ascend at the tips and form a compact prostrate habit. It has scale-like bluish green leaves that are stiff and prickly and the green female cones appear in late spring. 

Hardiness zones 4 to 9

Juniperus procumbens is naturally found from China to southern Japan growing on the coast and in the adjoining mountains.

It prefers a well drained fertile moist light soil that is tending alkaline in an open sunny position and is frost and drought resistant. 

The Bonin Island Juniper is a prostrate coniferous shrub that is planted as a ground cover or spill-over above retaining walls. It is also planted in rockeries or garden beds in parks or large gardens. The foliage is used in flower arrangement and it be grown in a container. It is a hardy fast-growing reliable ground cover that will establish in 2-years and spread up to 5 m (15ft). ID 214

Juniperus (jew-NIP-er-us) procumbens (prō-KUM-benz)

Cupressaceae (kew-press-AY-see-ee)
Coniferous Trees