The creeping juniper plant has an extensive and shallow root system, with larger roots coming from the plant’s center and many smaller roots developing as the plant grows. Older plants can develop large, horizontally spreading roots up to 1 inch in diameter that may extend 10 feet or more from the plant’s center.

Space ground cover varieties at least 5 to 6 feet apart. Hedge cultivars should be spaced 2 to 4 feet apart depending on the desired appearance. Plant larger juniper cultivars away from buildings, allowing enough room for the tree to grow to its maximum mature width without interference.

Plant ivy, palm trees, juniper bushes, and cypress trees to attract rats. These plants and trees make wonderful homes for them. Leave ripped or ill-fitted vent screens alone so rats can have easy access into crawl spaces.

Signs of Rats in Garden

• Rat Droppings in Your Garden. Rat droppings are distinct and have a different shape and size compared to the mice droppings.
• Bite Marks on Garden Hoses.
• Rat nests.
• Footprints in The Dirt.
• Burrows.
• Increased Pet Activity.
• Rat Pathways.
• Rat Adour.

Sethoxydim, fluazifop and clethodim are all effective treatments for unwanted grasses and are safe for use around juniper. Broadleaf weeds can be controlled safely using halosulfuron or imazaquin. Apply postemergent treatments according to the package directions as frequently as needed and recommended to control weeds.

You can carefully apply Roundup (glyphosate) to patches of weeds that do not directly contact the junipers. Roundup is a non-selective herbicide that would kill your junipers as well as the weeds, so you must spray very carefully and avoid getting any of it on the junipers. Roundup is systemic.

Although a juniper won’t grow back from a branch that has no green growth, careful pruning can revive the shrub.

1. Wait to prune your juniper until after its new growth emerges in early spring.
2. Examine your juniper, and remove each branch that is dead from its tip to its base.

Junipers need air flow to avoid fungal disorders, so cleaning up around the shrubs and pruning out any dead wood is important. It is also important to keep branches dry during warmer weather, so avoid overhead water or watering too often during the summer.

You should plan to water it every two to three days. Never allow the soil to dry out completely. Usually you can tell when it needs watering by the color and feel of the soil surface.

And this fertilizer is the proof for that. A lot of slow-release fertilizers have to be applied once every month. Well, Miracle-Gro can do you one better. Their fertilizers only need to be applied once every season and you know how long seasons can get.

The spikes dissolve gradually. In most situations you won’t have to worry about fertilizing your trees but twice a year. Use fertilizer spikes once in early spring and again in mid-fall when topsoil is moist, but not saturated.

The disadvantage of fertilizer spikes is they only get to the roots immediately surrounding the spike. If you currently have fertilizer spikes, simply crumble them and spread them under the canopy of the tree or shrub.