Equipping an open area in front of the house, summer residents often wonder about which plants are best planted for landscaping the site. Landscaping experts advise replacing ordinary grass with small junipers. They look very attractive. Unfortunately, you can’t run around on such a lawn, but glades are one of the easiest ways to set up a lawn. Juniper Golden Carpet grows in breadth, is unpretentious in care and maintains a beautiful appearance throughout the year.
Description
There are many types of junipers for the garden. Juniper Golden Carpet is a horizontal variety of plants. This is a low-cover ground shrub whose shoots creep on the ground. Over the year, the plant grows in growth by no more than 10 cm. Adult juniper is no more than a meter in radius, up to 15 cm high.
This variety has a bright yellow color of needles, greenish at the base. In the autumn period, the needles acquire a dull yellow hue at the tips and greenish-gray at the base. The needles consist of small scales and have a dense structure.
Growing conditions
In order for Juniper Golden Carpet to show its true color, it must be planted in an open sunny place. Dark places make needles green.
To the composition of the soil and the level of moisture is undemanding. It grows well in moist soils with arranged drainage.
The plant is winter-hardy, since it is covered with snow in winter. It tolerates urban conditions.
Care Activities
If you are not familiar with the Golden Juniper juniper plant, the photo will clearly demonstrate it.
For planting a shrub, an open place is chosen, bushes are planted on it with an interval of 0.5 to 2 m.
First you need to prepare the landing pits 70 cm in depth. At the bottom of the pit, put a drainage of sand or chipped bricks with a layer of 20 cm. You need to make sure that the root neck does not go deep.
Juniper Golden Carpet loves slightly acidic and neutral soils. When planting a plant, a soil mixture is prepared for it from:
- two peat parts;
- one sandy part;
- one piece of turf land.
Having planted a plant, it is well watered. The increased humidity mode is then maintained for a week.
If the summer is hot, horizontal Golden Carpet juniper is watered. The plant does not tolerate dry air, so it is useful to irrigate it by sprinkling.
You need to fertilize the bush annually. This is best done in April or May. Apply nitroammofosku, "Kemira" and other fertilizers.
Loose ground near young shrubs.
In order for the juniper to successfully winter, it is sprinkled with a peat layer of 10 cm. Young shrubs are additionally covered with spruce branches.
Using
This juniper variety is actively used by landscape designers. It performs the function of a groundcover. To do this, plant 2-3 bushes per square meter. meter.
The decorativeness of the plant is manifested in the invariable flexibility of the shoots. Because of this property, juniper is planted in flower beds and near curbs. Its graceful branches go down and beautifully bend around a flower bed. This allows you to hide the unsightly edges of the flower beds.
Juniper looks great in the lower tiers of rock gardens. It looks great in landscape compositions with contrasting plants. In a small garden will become an indispensable tapeworm (freestanding shrub).
Recently, it is also included in floral arrangements on balconies and loggias of city apartments.
This and other junipers are phytoncid plants. They secrete biologically active substances that kill harmful bacteria and other microorganisms dangerous to human health. Phytoncide plantings help purify the air, increase human immunity. Therefore, in many countries, tuberculosis clinics plant these plants.