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I have a bunch of this green groundcover and it looks like it's struggling. Can you identify it for me? Why might it be browned up? What can I do to make it healthier?
Hard to tell from your photo but it appears to be one of the Junipers used for groundcovers, possibly 'Blue Star' http://www.google.com/search?q=blue star juniper&rls=com.mic... If located in full sun they will have a very dense habit but looking at your photo I suspect that yours may not be receiving enough sun?
My creeping phlox looks like this when it gets too dry. Once it starts getting enough water, the brown doesn't go away, but the new green shoots grow up tall enough to cover it.
Thanks rcn48-- here is a better picture taken a little further away so you can see more of the bush. I also think it's some kind of juniper but I was hoping to figure out the species too.
Sometimes my juniper gets that look (before well established is especially a tough time) but I don't prune out.. after a while - the brown needles get replaced and the shrub fills in.
Sorry it took so long for me to respond! I realized after looking at our Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/92650/ in the gardens that cwpola is probably right :) If you decide to leave it and and perform some "dramatic reshaping" it will respond within a year with new growth but will probably take a few years before it fills in. We've had the same problem with other Junipers in the landscape and after drastic pruning they responded well but it took a little patience from us while they recovered :)
