Q: I have a significant amount of blue rug junipers in my landscape. Every spring, there is a large amount of twig blight that I have to trim. I have been doing this for over 20 years, and it is getting old. Is there a fungicide I can use to address this condition?
A: I have always liked blue rug juniper. It has a nice color and only grows 6 to 12 inches high but can spread 6 to 12 feet wide. It grows equally well in the South and North and in many soil types. It was originally found on an island off the coast of Maine in 1914, so it has been in the nursery trade for a long time. Like most junipers, it is susceptible to tip blight. But tip blight is not just one thing, so we have to do some detective work to know what kind of tip blight we are dealing with.
