Juniperus horizontalis 'Bar Harbor'
Common name: 
Bar Harbor Creeping Juniper
Pronunciation: 
ju-NIP-er-us hor-i-zon-TA-lis
Family: 
Cupressaceae
Genus: 
Type: 
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • An older low spreading form, up to 10 ft wide by only 1 ft high (3 m × 30 cm), blue-green color, leaves mostly awl-shaped, appressed, turns plum-purple in fall/winter, a male clone.  Possibly more than one clone marketed under this name.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 3      Introduced from Mount Desert Island in Maine in the 1930s.
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