Junipers Out of Control

[thoranw]

I pulled out the creeping juniper the previous homeowners left behind- it
never returned. I did find roots for a few years- but they didn't sprout.
Now the bed is home to many flowers-no damage done.

Sonya
"S SAM" <ssa...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I set out several blue rug junipers about 4 years. ago and well, they
> have thrived quite well. Now, they are creeping into the space of
> some of my bushes and just taking over. They have spread so much
> that they are overlapping.
>
> Today, I decided to simply pull them up because they are just taking
> over. What I found is that the spreading "limbs" also have taken root
> from the orig. plant.
>
> Can I expect these roots to resprout later on? And if so, how can I
> kill them off permanently? Roundup?
>
> I plan to replace the area with the non spreading lirope silver. I
> just don't won't to see the juniper reappearing later on this summer
> and fall.
>
> Thanks.

[Phisherman]

On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 05:05:21 GMT, S SAM <ssa...@aol.com> wrote:

>I set out several blue rug junipers about 4 years. ago and well, they
>have thrived quite well. Now, they are creeping into the space of
>some of my bushes and just taking over. They have spread so much
>that they are overlapping.
>
>Today, I decided to simply pull them up because they are just taking
>over. What I found is that the spreading "limbs" also have taken root
>from the orig. plant.
>
>Can I expect these roots to resprout later on? And if so, how can I
>kill them off permanently? Roundup?
>
>I plan to replace the area with the non spreading lirope silver. I
>just don't won't to see the juniper reappearing later on this summer
>and fall.
>
>Thanks.

Our blue rug spread to the plastic edging material where we use a
weed-wacker every two weeks. Blue rug grows relatively slowly, looks
good all year, controls run-off and erosion, and fairly maintenance
free except for pulling up a few weeds now and then. I would not use
RoundUp unless there is poison ivy. Just pull the jumiper out after a
rain. Personally, I really like blue rug and it makes an ideal ground
cover for sunny sloped areas.

[Garden Envy]

"thoranw" <Ba...@you.net> wrote in message news:<diFLa.29350$Kg7....@nwrdny01.gnilink.net>...

> I pulled out the creeping juniper the previous homeowners left behind- it
> never returned. I did find roots for a few years- but they didn't sprout.
> Now the bed is home to many flowers-no damage done.
>
> Sonya
> "S SAM" <ssa...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:5kssfv0kmdpdh9pbe...@4ax.com...
> >> >

> > Can I expect these roots to resprout later on? And if so, how can I
> > kill them off permanently? Roundup?
> >
> >

Junipers won't sprout from the roots, so you're OK to leave what's in
the ground. They also respond very well to pruning, if you run across
any more unruly ones in the future!

Also, remember that Roundup only works if some of the green part of
the plant is still around. It works by messing up the photosynthesis
reaction, which is why the directions say to apply on a bright day
(i.e. when they are photosynthesizing their little hearts out!)

Good luck with the Liriope -- good choice!

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