Recently, an increasing number of people who have a personal or summer cottage, trying to create a beautiful landscape near their home, using both flowers and bushes and trees. One of the most beloved plants among gardeners is juniper, the care of which is practically not difficult.
The main advantages of this genus of plants 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 chalky and rocky soils. Juniper, the care of which is planting, loosening the soil and cutting the crown can be the most favorite plant in your garden. Since these conifers are drought-tolerant, they can bypass watering for quite a long time. Junipers do not need abundant watering, and with moderate watering they develop best.
Landings of different species of these conifers look great. These shrubs and trees become a wonderful backdrop for other plant species.
Juniper care of all kinds, varieties and forms consists in regular shearing and crown formation. It should be produced in mid-summer. Both plants in hedges and creeping forms are subject to cutting. The specific feature of these conifers gives special beauty, chic volume to the branches: on the same branch are awl-shaped pointed leaves characteristic of young plants, so very small, mature, scaly-like leaves.
This unusually beautiful coniferous genus includes many attractive medium-sized and low-growing species and various varieties. Juniper, the care of which is simple, grows over time, covering the ground with a very spectacular carpet. Among this genus of conifers, there are other species.
Juniper medium is a dwarf form of this plant. So this juniper, the care of which 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 that differ in shape and color. This plant is shade-tolerant, has a spreading crown and goes well with other types of plants. This type of juniper belongs to creeping. One bush can grow up to 2.5m.
Among the variety of species and varieties there are also such plants whose leaves have golden leaves in summer and bronze leaves in winter. Such beautiful foliage in the juniper of the common variety “Depressa Aurea”. This bush grows to a maximum of 60 cm. He loves sunny areas.
Chinese juniper is very beautiful in planting . 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 baby (juvenile) leaves.
In addition to medium-sized and low-growing species, Virginia juniper is also popular . It can reach 10 m in height. It is considered the most slender look of this plant. Its branches have a bluish-gray foliage with upward leaves. Therefore, the tree in appearance resembles an arrow tapering upward. In our latitudes, this plant reaches a maximum height of 5 m. Usually it is planted on the edge of lawns and lawns.
The most common creeping form of the plant is Cossack juniper. Its height rarely exceeds more than 30 cm. The bush can grow up to 3 m in diameter. It looks good next to other types of shrubs and against a background of bright flowers. This species is the most frost-resistant and drought-resistant. He prefers light places and is often used for growing on alpine hills. There are a large number of garden forms of this type of plant.