Juniper (care and species)

Recently, an increasing number of people with a plot of land or a plot of land have been trying to create a beautiful landscape near their home, using flowers, bushes and trees. One of the most favorite plants among gardeners is juniper, the care of which is practically not difficult.

The main advantages of this kind of plant is their unpretentiousness and frost resistance, which allows them to grow almost everywhere. The unpretentiousness of this shrub to the soils is striking. Juniper bushes can grow even on Cretaceous and stony soils. Juniper, care of which consists in planting, loosening the soil and cutting the crown can become the most favorite plant in your garden. As these conifers are drought-resistant, they can spend quite a while on irrigation. Abundant watering juniper is not needed, but with moderate watering, they develop best.

Look great planting different species of these conifers. These shrubs and trees become a wonderful backdrop for other plant species.

Care of the juniper of all kinds, varieties and forms is a regular haircut and the formation of the crown. It should be produced in the middle of summer. Cuttings are also subject to plants in living hedges, and creeping forms. The peculiarity of these conifers gives a special beauty, a luxurious volume to the branches: on one branch are located, like the styloid acuminate leaves characteristic of young plants, so very small mature scaly leaves.

This unusually beautiful genus of conifers includes many attractive medium-sized and low-growing species and various varieties. Juniper, care for which is simple, over time grows, covering the ground with a very effective carpet. Among this species of conifers there are other species.

Juniper medium is a dwarfish form of this plant. So this juniper, whose care lasted 10 years, can grow up to 1 m. This species was introduced into the culture relatively recently, but has already won the love of connoisseurs of conifers. It has several varieties, which differ in shape and color. This plant is shade-tolerant, has a spreading crown and is perfectly combined with other plant species. This species of junipers refers to creeping. One bush can grow to 2.5 m.

Among the variety of species and varieties there are also such plants, whose leaves have golden summer and bronze winter to foliage. Such a beautiful foliage of a juniper of an ordinary variety "Depressa Aurea". This shrub grows to a maximum of 60 cm. He is very fond of sunny areas.

Very beautiful in planting juniper Chinese. It grows up to 2 m in height. Refers to slow growing forms with a conical shape. This species has blue-green foliage, consisting almost entirely of children's (juvenile) leaves.

In addition to medium and low-growing species, the juniper virgin is also popular . It can reach 10 m height. It is considered the most slender species of this plant. Its branches have bluish-gray foliage with upwardly directed leaves. Therefore, the tree looks like an arrows tapering upward. In our latitudes this plant reaches a maximum height of 5 m. It is usually planted on the edge of lawns and lawns.

The most common is the creeping form of the plant - juniper Cossack. Its height rarely exceeds more than 30 cm. The shrub can grow to 3m in diameter. It looks good next to other types of bushes and against the backdrop of bright colors. This species is most frost-resistant and drought-resistant. He prefers lighted places and is often used for growing on alpine slides. There is a large number of garden forms of this plant species.