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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Needled
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: USPP 5,948 (Expired)
Goes Dormant
Parentage: Sport of: Wiltonii

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Common names
  • Creeping Juniper
Also sold as:
  • Motherlode
  • Golden Wiltonii

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Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-06-24
Labeled 'Golden Wiltonii'.
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-04-22
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-04-20
Juniperus horizontalis 'Mother Lode'
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-04-20
Juniperus horizontalis 'Mother Lode'
Location: St Louis
Date: 2008-06-22
Very effective bright golden ground cover. Fills in nicely. Doesn

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-04-20
Juniperus horizontalis 'Mother Lode'
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-04-20
Juniperus horizontalis 'Mother Lode'
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