Wichita Blue Junipers - First Winter - December 2025

In May, I added three upright Wichita Blue Junipers to the (newly expanded) pizza oven bed.  They were small - in two-gallon nursery containers and from the big box nursery.  But, they were priced right and I've been eyeing them for a while, so I took the chance.  I planted them in a staggered pattern forming a triangle.

Four months later (early September), I posted an update with new photos and talked about how they seemed to have handled the heat of Summer with minor browning-out.  

Now, as we head into our first Winter, below is a photo showing them as of late December.  

Here is the original inspiration photo showing Wichita Blue Junipers with some Stachys Hummelo planted in mass.    I didn't get around to planting anything around these, but that will be on my 2026 to-do list.  But, if I'm grading myself as a gardener, I'd say that I lived up to the statement that:  "Conifers Should Come First".  

Have these grown?  I don't think so.  But, I usually see Spring growth on my conifers.  I'll watch the needles and buds later this Winter to see if we'll get any new shoots.