Creeping juniper: characteristic features of shrub species. Juniper in landscape design - description and photo Using juniper in the landscape of a private house

"Juniper, juniper,
Blue in autumn yellowness.
Give me berries, juniper
Give me a thorn!"
/eng. folk song/

plant description

Juniper (cypress family) - widely demanded in landscape design coniferous plant. Due to the presence of a variety of shapes and sizes (from narrow and pyramidal giants to creeping dwarfs), it is suitable for the realization of any gardener's idea. Columnar junipers are used as an accent in landscape composition, and are also suitable for laying hedges. Creeping varieties look great in rock gardens and rockeries next to various ground covers and hosts. With the help of shearing and shaping, which the shrub tolerates well, it can be given almost any shape.

The air of the area where the juniper grows is saturated with a unique aroma: the plant emits a large amount of phytoncides.

The noble colors of evergreen needles range from bright green to bluish-steel, with some varieties adding shades of yellow and gold.

The remarkable advantages of juniper are:

undemanding to soil fertility
shade tolerance
drought tolerance
frost resistance (-40gr)
longevity
high decorativeness regardless of the season

Species and varieties

The following types of juniper have the largest distribution area in natural conditions in our country: common, Siberian and Cossack.

Common juniper- has creeping (up to 50 cm), shrub (1-3 meters) and tree-like (up to 12 meters) forms. Bark of various shades of grey. It is distributed not only in Russia, but also everywhere in our latitudes, from Canada to Japan.

For planting, choose open, well-lit places. It is undemanding to soil fertility, but does not develop well on clayey dense soils.

Common juniper does not tolerate transplantation, so specimens taken from the forest rarely take root.

It has high frost resistance.

Common juniper cones are widely used as a spice, for making wine, smoking various products, as a medicinal raw material.

Variety name	Height, m	needle color	crown shape
Tall
hibernica	3,5	bluish	columnar
Meyer	4	silvery	wide-pointed
Sentinel	4	green	columnar
Suecica	10	green	narrow, columnar
medium height
		golden	narrow conical
Horstmann	1,5-2	green	weeping
Compressa	1	bluish	columnar
Suecica nana	1,5-2	blue	columnar
Suecica aurea	1-1,5	yellow, yellow-green	columnar, narrow
creeping
Repanda	0,3-0,5	dark green	creeping, round, flat
Hornibrookii	0,5	green with light stripes	creeping
Spotty Spreader	0,2	green, white-green	creeping
Nana aurea	0,5	yellow golden	creeping
green carpet	0,1	light green	creeping

Siberian juniper differs from ordinary juniper in smaller needles and a low height of a creeping bush. Grows in mountainous areas. More decorative than common juniper, thanks to two-color needles - green with white shades.

Juniper Cossack- a widespread shrub of the European part of Russia, the Southern Urals, Altai, the mountains of Central Asia. Creeping forms predominate. Very unpretentious and drought-resistant, grows in a dense cover due to the easy rooting of branches. As it grows, it can occupy a large area, so perennial flowers and shrubs next to it should be planted with caution. Good for cutting and shaping. It has good endurance - it tolerates both drought and frost. Favorably looks on the background of the lawn, in the rock garden. It differs from the common juniper in the poisonousness of cones and a specific smell. When in contact with the ground, the branches take root on their own. In addition to decorative functions, it can also perform practical ones: its roots strengthen the slopes well.

Variety name	Height, m	needle color	crown shape
Tamariscifolia	1	bluish	prostrate
Variegata	0,5	green with white highlights	prostrate
Cupressifolia	0,5	bluish green	wide, creeping
erecta	2	dark green	pyramidal
Arcaida	0,5	light green	prostrate
Fastigiata	5-8	dark green	narrow-columnar
Femina	1-1,5	dark green	widely procumbent

juniper scaly- shrub with dense branches and dark brown bark. Growth area - China, Taiwan, Himalayas. It differs from other species in less frost resistance. It has a dense, decorative crown. The needles are sharp-needled, very hard.

Variety name	Height, m	needle color	crown shape
blue carpet	0,3	blue	flat, wide
blue star	1,5-2	blue	wide, dense, semicircular
Meyeri	2-5	bluish	prostrate
golden flame	2-5	yellow-and-white	prostrate
Loderi	1-1,5	green-blue	slightly pin-shaped

(prostrate) in nature lives mainly in the USA and Canada. A creeping shrub with long branches. Does not tolerate low humidity. Characterized by slow growth.

Variety name	Height, m	needle color	crown shape
Admirabilis	0,25	bluish	braided, dense
Adpressa	0,15	green, white-green	braided, dense
bar harbor		dark green, grey-green	thick, recumbent, prostrate
blue chips	0,3	blue	compact
Douglasii	0,5	silver green	creeping, weaving
Golden Carpet	0,1	yellow-green	creeping, dense
blue forest	0,4	silver blue	dense, raised
winter blue	0,3	silver-green, blue in winter	creeping, shoots raised
Prince of Wales	0,3	blue	creeping
limeglow	0,4	lemon yellow	vase shape
ice blue	0,15	bluish green	creeping, with long shoots
Hughes	0,5	silver blue	creeping

juniper chinensis naturally grows in China and other Asian countries. It has tree-like and creeping forms. Quite hardy, but in dry climates it can suffer from a lack of air humidity. Slow growing, young age does not tolerate frost well.

Variety name	Height, m	needle color	crown shape
Stricta	2,5	bluish green	narrow pin-shaped
Blue Alps	2,5-4	green-silver	compact
Spartan	6	green	columnar
Plumosa aurea	1	yellow	wide, outstretched
Leeana	10	bright green	columnar, dense
Ketelerii	10	green	pin-shaped, dense
gold coast	1	golden yellow	wide, flat
Pfitzeriana aurea	1	yellow-green	wide, spreading

The most common are tall columnar forms. Can be used for hedges. In nature, it grows in Canada and the USA, and in Russia it is widely represented in parks, due to its stability and high decorativeness. Shade-tolerant, winter-hardy, drought-resistant. Does not tolerate transplant well. In places of natural growth, its wood is used to make pencils. In plantings it goes well with deciduous trees and shrubs. Not capricious in relation to the soil, grows well on loam and clay soils.

Juniper rocky. Naturally grows in the USA. There are both tree and shrub forms. Close to virgin juniper. It does not tolerate shading well, spreading branches suffer from snowfall, they need to be tied up.

Variety name	Height, m	needle color	crown shape
blue arrow	2-3	grey-blue	columnar
Globe	2	silver green	round
Skyrocket	3	grey-green	narrow
Repens	0,5	blue	creeping
Table tor	2	silver blue	sprawling

Landing

Plants with a closed root system purchased from a nursery can be planted at any time of the year. It is enough to provide the seedling with good watering for the first time. Planting rooted cuttings and seedlings on permanent place held in spring or autumn.

The landing site is chosen sunny. In the shade, plants with variegated needles will inevitably lose their decorative effect.

Although the plant is undemanding to the soil, when planting it is necessary to proceed from the area of \u200b\u200bits growth in its natural environment. The soil for the Cossack and common juniper is slightly alkaline (in autumn, lime or dolmite flour is applied to the planting site). Some species feel good on rocky soils. Juniper virginian prefers loams and black soil. It is necessary to choose a place and neighbors taking into account the growth of the plant.

How to plant a juniper:

We prepare a landing pit measuring 1 by 1 m.
For plants that do not like stagnant moisture, we arrange drainage: we pour crushed stone, broken bricks at the bottom of the pit.
Carefully remove the seedling from the container and lower it into the hole (without deepening).
We fall asleep with earth and water abundantly.

Planted plants need more accurate regular watering than any kind of top dressing. In winter, their needles can suffer from heavy snowfall, therefore, in tall and medium-sized shrubs, branches must be tied up. To prevent burning, creeping forms are covered with spunbond, but usually only young plants in the 1st and 2nd years after planting need this.

Important! Juniper transplantation is undesirable: it is very difficult to dig up a plant without damaging the taproot.

When choosing a type of shrub, be guided by the place of its growth in nature. For regions with a hot climate, the most suitable juniper will be Cossack, virgin. For the middle latitudes of Russia - Chinese, horizontal, scaly, ordinary.

The plant propagates by seeds, rooted layering and cuttings. Before planting, the seeds must be stratified (keep in the refrigerator for about a month), and before planting, scarify - file a hard shell. For better germination, soil from under adult bushes is added to the sowing site. Shoots appear in 1-3 years.

The easiest way to propagate is by rooted cuttings. In creeping forms, branches often take root on their own when in contact with the ground. Such a branch can be carefully cut and transplanted to a new place with a clod of earth.

Green cuttings for propagation are taken only from young plants, cut them “with a heel” and soaked in a solution of a root formation stimulator. Cuttings of columnar varieties are planted straight, creeping - obliquely. The appearance of new buds indicates that the cutting has taken root.

Juniper diseases

1. Physiological drying of needles.

Occurs in winter, especially on the sunny side. In the needles, under the influence of the sun, active photosynthesis begins to occur, for which the roots do not provide nutrition, since the earth is frozen. Columnar crowns are especially affected. Prevention - winding with a covering material, spilling the roots with warm water.

2. Rust.

A fungal disease that looks like orange growths on branches. Sick branches must be cut and burned. Prevention - treatment with fungicidal preparations ("Tilt", "Skor", "Baileton", "Vectra"), separation of plantings with fruit trees(apple, pear), since it is from them that the infection of junipers occurs.

A fungal disease that manifests itself in early summer: last year's needles turn yellow, then black dots appear on it. Dried branches must be cut and burned. Prevention: treatment with fungicidal preparations ("Skor", "Ridomil Gold", "Strobi", "Kvadris").

4. Drying of branches.

Can affect junipers of all types. It manifests itself in the spring: first, small twigs turn yellow, then the disease covers an increasing area of \u200b\u200bthe bush. Dark spots appear on the needles and bark. Caused by several types of fungi. The reason for the appearance is improper planting of the plant: thickening, heavy soils, stagnant water. Sick shrunken branches must be cut and burned, fallen needles must be collected. With a large area of \u200b\u200bdamage, the bush is uprooted. For prevention, it is necessary to follow the rules of planting and treat juniper in spring and autumn with fungicidal preparations.

Junipers in landscape design

Junipers are widely used both in the landscape design of the courtyard of a private house, and in the arrangement of public areas. Evergreen conifers are especially beautiful in a winter landscape, and in summer they favorably set off flowering plants. Shrubs of dwarf creeping forms are indispensable for rockeries and alpine slides. Tall specimens will create a beautiful accent in compositions with a circular view, and a row of columnar junipers will close the fence in the background. Juniper pruning and shaping allow you to give it almost any shape.

Examples of finished compositions using junipers:

1. For lighted places.

The composition is based on decorative coniferous plants. In the spring, primroses will begin flowering, in the summer it will continue with spirea and daylilies. This composition will look beautiful on the background lawn grass, it includes:

Day-lily
Primrose
Spiraea japonica Little Princess
Thuja western Smaragd
Thuja western Danica
Juniper Andorra

2. In lilac tones for illuminated places and partial shade.

The purple leaves of the vesicle, barberry and geyhera are set off by white clusters of spirea and a scattering of cinquefoil flowers. The blue needles of the juniper give the composition nobility and depth. The composition of the composition:

Heuchera Palace Purple
Barberry Atropurpurea Nana
Potentilla Royal Flush
Rock Juniper Blue Arrow
Juniper scaly Blue Carpet
Spirea Grefsheim
Vesicle Diabolo

Juniper is widely used in landscape design. This plant is from the cypress family. There are about 80 types of juniper in the world. They are distributed throughout the world. At different peoples these plants have their own names. Juniper varieties are divided using three classifications:

by color and texture of needles;
height;
subspecies.

Consider the most popular varieties used in landscape design ().

Juniper scaly Blue Carpet

Juniper Blue Carpet refers to scaly junipers, but according to some classifications it is classified as horizontal or Chinese.

Blue Carpet translated from English Blue Carpet. The name speaks for itself: the plant becomes sky blue during the period of active growth.

The maximum height of an adult shrub is about 50 cm. Juniper is a creeping evergreen. In diameter, it can reach 2.5 m or more, its growth is practically unlimited.

When you include Blue Carpet in your landscape composition, you will get a large blue carpet that will favorably emphasize the green plants of the second tier. The variety has a fairly large growth dynamics. Branches per season give an increase of up to 40 cm. In diameter, the bush increases to 80 cm.

Juniper medium Old Gold

Juniper Old Gold from a range of medium junipers. The title translates as Old Gold. This is the compact form of Pfitzeriana Aurea.

A bush about 0.5 m high, its diameter can reach 1.5 m. The juniper acquires the most decorative color from late May to mid-June, when a young growth of bright yellow color is formed.

Juniper Cossack Mas

Juniper Cossack Mas appeared in Russia as one of the very first varieties of this crop. It is used for landscaping household plots, because the shrub is unpretentious to growing conditions, but at the same time very decorative.

In winter, the color of juniper becomes bronze. In the spring, when nature wakes up, the bush acquires a bluish-green color.

Be careful! Cones of juniper Cossack are poisonous.

The maximum size of this plant is 1 m in height, 3–3.5 m in diameter. In nature, a shrub can reach 20 m in width due to the fact that its lower branches, lying on the ground, easily take root.

Juniper Horizontal Blue Chip

Blue Chip is unpretentious in care, prefers sunny places. The height of the shrub is 30 cm, the diameter is up to 3 m, if it is not cut and the juniper is allowed to grow freely. In the cold season, the plant has a purple color, which gives additional charm to the winter garden.

One of current trends in landscaping the territory - the use of coniferous plants. The variety of their species and varieties allows you to solve even the most complex design problems, and pines, spruces and arborvitae are gradually winning their “place under the sun” on suburban areas. Juniper is also actively used in landscape design, a photo of the varieties of which can be seen below.

Juniper is a close relative of cypress, only it grows in more severe conditions than its counterpart. In the wild, there are about 70 species of this interesting conifer, but only about 15 are "cultivated", among which there are dwarfs and giants, plants with compact or spreading crowns, varieties with erect or creeping trunks.

The color of junipers is very diverse, almost all shades of green are found here, as well as varieties with gray needles. And, unlike most prickly counterparts, the color of the needles of this genus varies depending on the season of the year - by autumn, the crown acquires a bronze or brownish hue. The shape of the needles also differs from species to species, and in some cases depends on the age of the shrub.

In addition to the variety of forms, juniper has another plus - its unpretentiousness. It can grow both on stony soils and on heavy loams or poor soils. nutrients sandy soils. The only thing is that a relative of cypress will not take root in acidified or wetlands.

The cold hardiness of the "northern cypress" depends on the species, but most of the plants used in landscape design tolerate frost well, and only recently planted or young specimens need shelter for the winter.

Another nice feature of juniper is its amazing aroma. Moreover, varieties with scaly needles more actively saturate the air with phytoncides, while the smell of the owners of needle leaves is less pronounced.

Most representatives of the juniper genus lend themselves well to a haircut.

Species and varieties

There are about a hundred varieties of juniper on sale, bred by breeders or obtained in nature due to mutations. The most common are breeds based on the following types of juniper:

- Common (Juniperus communis)- a strong sprawling shrub with prickly needles and a bluish bloom on it. Drought tolerant and exceptionally hardy.
- Rock (Juniperus scopulorum)- ephedra native to North America. Unpretentious, but prefers places protected from the wind.
- Virginian (Juniperus virginiana)- a tree native to North America, in nature reaches a gigantic size. This species is not afraid strong winds its wood is very durable. Unlike most relatives, shade-tolerant.
- Cossack (Juniperus sabina)- shrub, up to one and a half meters high. It has scaly needles.
- Medium (Juniperus media)- a rather large plant with an asymmetric crown and needles in the form of scales.

Common juniper
Juniper rocky
Red cedar

Juniper Cossack
Juniper Cossack
Juniper medium

Most popular varieties

Conifers used in landscape design, as a rule, have one important feature - slow growth. Junipers are no exception. From the whole variety, several of the most popular varieties can be distinguished, which, due to their properties, are suitable for solving most design tasks.

Low breed Juniperus chinensis "Stricta" forms a cone-shaped dense crown and grows no higher than two meters. The branches are covered with bluish-green needles. Ideal for creating an accent in compositions, in single plantings or as a hedge.

Juniperus squamata belongs to another category. "Blue Star", which rarely exceeds a meter in height and is used to decorate lawns and rock gardens. In addition to its modest size, the needles of an amazing silver-blue hue are a feature. Such a plant is able to decorate any composition.

Variety Juniperus media "Old Gold", on the contrary, has a golden color. This variety is also dwarf. It looks spectacular when planted alone on the lawn, as well as in combination with differently colored conifers.

Juniper Chinese "Stricta"
Juniper average "Old Gold"

Columnar forms

Instances with a columnar crown shape are expressive in themselves. They are great for decorating alleys and creating hedges. In compositions, columnar junipers usually occupy a central place.

Juniper Chinese "Spartan"
Juniper virginsky "Skyrocket"

Perfectly combined with flowering representatives of the flora of the variety Juniperus chinensis "Olympia" And "Spartan", which have scaly needles of rich green color. A graceful crown of a bluish-green color has a breed of virgin juniper "Skyrocket".

Spreading and weeping forms

Spreading specimens look peculiar, they are usually used as soloist plants when decorating lawns, they are indispensable when decorating rocky slopes and large alpine hills. In such plants, the diameter of the crown often exceeds the height. For example, varieties Blue Alps" Juniperus chinensis with silver-blue spiny needles and "Glauka" Juniperus sabina with bluish-green forms quite picturesque forms.

Juniper Chinese "Blue Alps"
Juniper ordinary "Horstmann"

Breeds with a weeping crown shape stand a little apart, for example, "Horstmann"- a variety of Juniperus communis, with drooping branches and prickly needles. Such plants are good for decorating ponds or as a soloist.

Dwarfs

Despite their modest size, dwarf junipers are no less expressive. They are good in small areas and when creating small compositions. Dwarfs are indispensable on an alpine hill, near ponds, as ground cover plants.

Varieties of horizontal juniper, thanks to the branches creeping along the ground, look spectacular on lawns and in rockeries. Varieties often planted on rocky slopes "Tamariscifolia" Juniperus sabina, and "Green Carpet" Juniperus communis, forming a crown in the form of a flat dome.

Variety of colors

Shrubs and trees with an unusual eye-catching color bring liveliness to any composition. For example, bright yellow short "Gold Star" Juniperus media goes well with dark needles or foliage of other plants, and by autumn it takes on an interesting bronze hue. A variety Juniperus scopulorum Moonglow is one of the brightest blue junipers and looks spectacular in any environment.

Caring for "Northern Cypress"

Despite the fact that plants of this genus are quite unpretentious and able to grow with little or no human intervention, there are still some nuances.

Shrubs should be watered only during a period of prolonged drought, as well as in the first season after planting. Plant nutrition is not required.

Place and time of landing

Usually juniper is planted in mid-spring or early autumn, but plants with a closed root system can be transplanted throughout the warm season. The location for this conifer must meet some requirements:

A relative of cypress does not belong to shade-tolerant plants, with the exception of a few species, therefore it is planted in well-lit sunny places.
Places of accumulation of water for juniper are not suitable. ground water should also be far from the surface.
Some species need protection from the wind.
Juniper needs space, he does not like tightness.

planting

Juniper Chinese "Stricta"

Planting pits are prepared in advance; their dimensions, as a rule, are twice the size of the root system of seedlings. It should be remembered about the intervals between plants - for dwarf forms, the intervals will be about half a meter, but large specimens are planted 2-3 meters apart.

Junipers are suitable for almost any soil, the preferred composition depends on the specific species. Fertile land is more suitable for large varieties, but it is better to keep dwarfs on a “starvation diet” - with an excess of nutrients, they lose their decorative effect.

But it's worth remembering general rule for: the soil should be light enough and moisture permeable. This affects the supply of oxygen to the roots and general development plants.

A layer of broken brick or gravel is laid out at the bottom of the landing pit, this is especially important if the site is located in a lowland. Next, a layer of substrate is poured and the plant is placed, trying not to deepen the root neck. It is best to transplant junipers while maintaining an earthy coma. The pit is covered with prepared substrate and poured abundantly with water. The surface of the soil is usually mulched.

Wintering

Due to their high frost resistance, shelter from the cold is not required for these cypress relatives, except for newly planted specimens. Spruce branches or non-woven material are used as shelter. At the end of winter, like all conifers, juniper should be covered from the sun - this helps to avoid browning of the needles.

Sometimes columnar and cone-shaped varieties suffer from snow - their branches simply cannot withstand the weight and break, so such plants are tied up in late autumn, pressing the shoots to the trunk.

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Diseases and pests

Sometimes unpleasant situations happen when growing juniper - plants can be affected by fungal diseases and pests.

The most common disease is rust - orange growths on trunks and branches that appear in early summer. It affects not only juniper, but also other decorative and fruit plants, so it is not recommended to plant "northern cypress" next to pears, apple trees and hawthorn. The affected areas of the shrub are removed, and the plant is treated with a fungicide solution. As a preventive measure, solutions of immunostimulants are used - they increase the resistance of representatives of the flora to diseases.

high humidity and low temperatures contribute to the emergence of another fungal disease- shute. It manifests itself in the form of yellowing or browning of last year's needles, and at the end of summer black round growths become visible on the surface of the needles. The specimens that are in the shade are most susceptible to this disease. Control measures include removing affected areas and spraying with fungicides.

Signs of the appearance of a spider mite are the presence of a thin web on the plant and yellow dots on the needles.

Drying, falling off of the needles, as well as the death of the bark may be evidence of the presence of scale insects, while the pests themselves can be seen with the naked eye - in the form of round or elongated shields about 1.5-2 mm in size.

Insecticides are used to control these pests. In case of aphids infestation, not only the plants themselves are treated, but also ant colonies - after all, it is they who “breed” the aphids. As a prevention of the appearance of insects, spraying with immunostimulants and weak solutions of insecticides is used.

Neighbor plants for juniper

Not all plants tolerate close proximity to conifers, for example, this applies to clematis, peonies, roses and other large flowering representatives of the flora. Small ground cover plants, on the contrary, live well near prickly counterparts and help shade their beauty.

Good neighbors for the "northern cypress" are spirea and boxwood, as well as different kind saxifrage. Heather and garden hydrangea live wonderfully next to the conifers, which you can learn more about. Cotoneaster and barberry create a background for large conifers, and some cereals complete the picture. Also, do not forget about small flowers.

Naturally, juniper looks good with other conifers or small spruces, for example.

More about landscape design

Of course, the possibility of using juniper to decorate the site depends on the overall stylistic decision. This plant is perfect for gardens with the correct geometry, decorated in English or scandinavian style, Japanese gardens or stone compositions are also hard to imagine without this conifer.

Common juniper "Compressa"

Depending on the idea, the "northern cypress" can serve as both a central plant and a background for others. Based on this, the shapes and colors of this wonderful shrub are selected.

Junipers are a large group of plants with more than 70 species. Many of them have become an integral attribute of a modern well-groomed garden. Juniper has been used in landscape design for a long time, ever since a person had a desire to grow not only useful, but also beautiful plants. Photos of the most successful compositions will help you independently develop the design of your garden.

What types and varieties of juniper are used in landscape design - names with photos

Not all types of juniper have decorative value. A little more than 10 are used in the design of garden areas, but each of them is represented by several varieties and hybrids.

A large group of plants, whose representatives are strikingly different in height, crown shape, needle color:

grows as a multi-stemmed tree up to 18 m high or as a sprawling shrub up to 6 m high;
branching is chaotic, spreading, blooms with yellow and light green flowers;
cones are blue-black, with viscous healing pulp, their ripening period is 2 years.

There are many types of juniper in the world, but useful properties have berries of only one - common juniper

Juniper fruits contain minerals, but the main value of berries is essential oil, the concentration of which reaches 2%.

Among the varieties there are undersized creeping shrubs and tall ornamental varieties. Withstands any adverse conditions, does not require special care, the plant grows well in one place for several hundred years.

Depressa Aurea

One of the favorite shrubs of landscape designers. Undersized and creeping, it is able to emphasize the beauty of nearby deciduous plants and flowers. With a height of no more than 50 cm, its crown diameter is 1.5–2 m. At the base of the bush, the branches are raised above the ground level, and the tips are in contact with it.

The needles are short, elastic, golden-yellow in color, in winter it acquires a brown hue. The plant is fast growing and prefers full sun.

Depressa Aurea grows best in full sun.

Goldschatz

Another ground cover variety widely used in the design of garden areas. The height of the shrub is no more than 30 cm, the diameter of the crown is 1.5 m. Unlike the previous one, this variety of juniper is characterized by slow growth rates. The plant prefers light and fertile soils. Can be planted in shade and partial shade.

One of the features of this plant is a high degree of resistance to sunburn. The most decorative young shoots. Their needles are golden, soft and pleasant to the touch. Goldschatz is chosen to decorate heather gardens, rockeries. With the participation of this plant, juniper lawns are created.

Goldschatz looks good on slopes, slopes and in vertical decoration

Green Carpet

Low coniferous shrub with a dense wide crown. Scourge creeping, long. The needles are light green, and brighter on young branches. The plant belongs to the category of slow-growing. Annual growth is not more than 1 cm. The crown is wide, up to 1.5 m in diameter. Green Carpet in garden design it is used for the same purposes as other creeping ones: for decorating various garden compositions.

This juniper can act as a beautiful undergrowth

Repanda

Dwarf variety of perennial evergreen shrub. The maximum possible diameter is 2.5 m. The crown is formed by thin, densely branching shoots, densely covered with needle-shaped, up to 5–8 mm long, soft needles. A feature of the variety is silver-white stripes on the outside of the needles. In summer, the needles are green, and in winter the shrubs turn brownish-green. On adult plants there are rounded cones up to 1 cm in size, bluish-blue, with a thick whitish coating.

Repanda is well suited for growing in an urban environment.

rocky

This group of plants includes hardy and tall varieties, each of which is characterized by rapid acclimatization and is successfully grown in any region of Russia:

in a garden plant, the crown starts almost from the base, the shape is irregular conical, rounded over the years;
the color of the bark is brown, young stems are pale blue or greenish-blue;
the color of the leaves is dark green, green-gray or gray-blue;
cone berries of a spherical shape of dark blue color with a bluish bloom, their length is 0.4–0.6 cm, ripen after 2 years;
there are needle-shaped needles 1.2 cm long, 0.2 cm wide.

In nature, the plant can be found in Canada, the USA (in the west of Texas, in the state of Oregon and in the north of Arizona), as well as in northern Mexico.

Rocky juniper is represented by shrubs and dioecious trees

Skyrocket

Tall evergreen tree, will be the main decoration garden plot. Ideal for decoration entrance groups, fences, any open areas. The branches are elastic, long, directed upwards, evenly spaced around the trunk. The tree prefers sunny places, wind-resistant, tolerates low temperatures well. Undemanding to the quality of the soil, grows well on sandy loam and stony soils.

Blue Arrow (Blue Arrow)

The name of the variety in translation means "blue arrow". It is these associations that arise when looking at this tall tree with a narrow crown, the branches of which are directed upwards. This plant is characterized by rather high growth rates: at least 15 cm per year. At the age of 10, with a maximum height of 2–2.5 m, the crown diameter is 60–70 cm. Blue needles give a special decorative effect. During dry periods moderate watering is required.

The plant is well suited for creating a compact hedge.

Moonglow

Known in Russia since the 70s of the last century. It quickly gained popularity due to its unpretentiousness and spectacular cone-shaped crown. Tree up to 6 m tall. The maximum crown diameter is 2–2.5 m. The needles are dark blue, with a silvery sheen. Soft and elastic at the same time. The variety is hardy, winter-hardy. Effective in single and group plantings.

Moonglow will be an excellent color accent in the composition

Virginia

This group includes horizontal and vertical columnar varieties, low and tall with characteristic features:

a tall tree reaching a height of up to 30 m with a trunk diameter of 150 cm;
has a narrow, ovoid crown, which becomes wider with age, acquires a columnar shape;
needles are needle-shaped or scaly, small (no more than 1-2 mm), dark green or bluish-green, in winter period the needles become brown.

The first cultivars of juniper Virginsky in the USA and Canada were bred in the middle of the 17th century, they were brought to Russia in the first quarter of the 19th century.

This type of juniper is characterized by high winter hardiness, but narrow pyramidal and columnar forms can suffer from snowfalls.

In garden design, several plants are used, which are distinguished by a high degree of decorativeness.

Gray Owl

A low growing shrub with long, horizontal branches. It has impressive dimensions: up to 3 m in height and 5–7 m in diameter. Growth rates are low: no more than 10 cm per year. The needles are gray-green in color, 5-7 mm long. Planting in well-drained soils is recommended. A feature of the variety is poor tolerance to dry air. Recommended periodic irrigation of the crown.

The raised, horizontally growing branches of Gray Oul have a very attractive soft texture.

hetz

Evergreen shrub with a dense crown. Among all representatives of the virgin juniper, it has the highest growth rate: 30 cm per year. The average height of an adult tree is 2.5–3 m with a crown diameter corresponding to 4 m. Hardy, winter-hardy. The needles are scaly, gray-blue.

The plant has a permanent gray-blue shade of needles.

blue cloud

A low tree up to 1.2 m high. Annual growth is not more than 5 cm. It looks original in single plantings, in evergreen flower beds, in rockeries. Often it is chosen to create a prickly, impenetrable hedge. The needles are gray-blue. Turns green when planted in the shade. Among the advantages of the variety are winter hardiness, unpretentiousness, endurance.

Blue Cloud creates dense curtains from which thin young shoots protrude

Cossack

Represented by many varieties that can be called the most popular in the landscape. All of them are known for their unpretentiousness and require almost no care:

the plant is either a woody bush, reaching a height of 1–1.5 m, capable of growing, or a low tree with a curved trunk;
in adult plants, leaf-like organs are scaly, similar to laying tiles;
cones in the form of small (up to 7 mm in diameter) balls of black color with a brown-gray tint.

The essential oil of Cossack juniper contains toxic substances. If the family has small children, then you should refrain from planting this plant.

hicksey

The most popular variety is the Cossack juniper Hixie. A beautiful, spreading shrub belonging to the category of slow-growing plants. It is used to form a variety of garden and country compositions. The needles are dark green, with a gray tint. Prefers loose slightly acidic soils: sandy loam, loam, stony.

All parts of the plant are poisonous, except for the red seedlings.

Rockery Jam

A popular variety for decorating and ennobling urban areas. It tolerates gas content well, without losing its decorative effect. Shrub with dark green spiny needles 5–7 mm long, ideal for forming impenetrable hedges. It grows slowly: up to 2 cm in height and up to 20 cm in width. The fruits are cones.

Rockery Jam prefers to grow in full sun or light shade.

Blue Danub

One of the fastest growing representatives of the Cossack juniper. Annually adds at least 20 cm in width. On the shoots of past years, the needles are gray-blue, on young ones - bright green. This is one of the components of the decorative shrub. By the 10th year of life, the height of the plant is 50–100 cm, the crown diameter is from 1.5 to 2.5 m.

Blue Danub is resistant to urban conditions

Mas

Just as decorative as all other representatives of the species. But it has its own peculiarity: high growth rates. In a year it grows 20 cm wide and 10 cm high. The needles are green, with a gray-blue tint. For this bush, it is necessary to provide for a rather large area: the crown of an adult plant reaches a diameter of 8 m. Therefore, Mas is planted at a distance from other trees and shrubs.

Mac needles turn purple in winter

Chinese

Juniper Chinese got its name because of the distribution area. The homeland of these plants is China, Japan, North Korea, they are all united by characteristics:

monoecious or dioecious trees or shrubs reaching a height of 20–25 m;
trees with a narrow-conical, wide-conical or columnar crown, shrubs have a creeping, rounded or pyramidal crown;
needles are needle-shaped or scaly;
cones are angular, elongated or spherical, ripen after 2 years.

In Western Europe, trees and shrubs of this species began to be cultivated in early XIX century. In 1850, the first Chinese juniper plants appeared in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden (Southern Coast of Crimea), and then in the botanical gardens of the North Caucasus.

Strict

Viable shrub 2.5 m high, with a cone-shaped crown. The needles are bluish-gray, hard, do not change their color. Variety with low growth rates, long-lived. Planting in well-lit areas is recommended. In the shade and partial shade, the needles gradually lose their decorative effect. Strictu can be planted on any soil.

Strict does not tolerate stagnant waterlogging

Blue Alps

Spectacular evergreen tree up to 4 m high. It has a well-developed, powerful root system, which allows extracting moisture from deep layers of soil. The crown is pyramidal, with green needles. On the lower branches - with gray-blue. It grows well on lean and stony soils. When planting in clay soils, it is important to make good drainage.

This variety is widely distributed and loved by professional landscape designers in Europe.

Average

Varieties are distinguished by an open crown with arched, drooping shoots:

coniferous shrub with an asymmetric crown up to 4 m high and 6 m wide;
its branches form peculiar layers, and the side shoots rise in the form of a funnel;
the needles look like small scales, but in the shade or after cutting the plant, sharp needles appear on it.

Juniper Medium is often grafted onto a trunk.

The stem is the part of the trunk from the surface of the earth to the lower branches.

Nurseries are engaged in growing standard trees and shrubs, but you can do it yourself

Gold Coast

Low-growing variety, characterized by medium growth rates. For 10 years after planting, the shrub reaches 50 cm in height. The crown is dense, with green needles. In the landscape, it is most often used for single plantings, decorating alpine slides and as a ground cover plant.

Gold Coast has very graceful sprawling branches

Wilhelm Pfitzer

Shrub up to 1 m tall, with a 2–3 m crown diameter. In the first years of life, the shoots are located along the ground level. Subsequently, they rise at the roots, forming a kind of hat. It tolerates air pollution well, prefers an abundance of sunlight. The variety is recommended for decorating private gardens and decorating urban areas.

Wilhelm Pfitzer has insecticidal, bactericidal and phytoncidal properties

Pfitzeriana Aurea

Shrub characterized by rapid growth in width. By the age of 10, it forms a spreading crown with a diameter of up to 4 m. At the same time, the height of the plant is no more than a meter. Unpretentious, undemanding to the soil and its moisture. Winter-hardy and drought-resistant. It is mainly used as a solo plant and ground cover.

Pfitzeriana Aurea looks good against the background of dark green conifers and heather plants

Mordigan Gold

A compact, low juniper up to 80 cm high with a crown diameter of up to 150 cm. The shoots are roller-like, spread over the ground. The needles are golden yellow. It is used for the same purposes: for the design of rocky hills, glades, house adjoining territories.

Mordigan Gold is suitable for landscaping urban areas

Scaly

The species is represented by winter-hardy plants that tolerate urban conditions well. Shrubs are evergreen, dioecious. Feature - dark brown color of the bark:

tree-like, prostrate, creeping plant with dense shoots, up to 1.5 m in height;
the needles are rigid (length 0.5–0.8 cm), has a grayish-blue tint on top, darker, green below, has a delicate coniferous aroma;
black shiny cones-berries of an oval shape, up to 7 cm in length, ripen for 2 years.

Juniper scaly is considered a coniferous long-liver, since its life cycle about 600 years old.

Holger

Shrub with medium growth rates. An adult plant reaches a height of 80 cm, a crown diameter of 150 cm. Decorativeness is due to silver-blue needles and a horizontal arrangement of branches raised at the base of the bush. A special effect is created by the golden yellow needles of young shoots.

Holger looks great in the foreground in front of dark trees

Florent

One of the most beautiful shrubs among junipers. The bush is undersized. By the age of 10, it grows up to 40 cm tall with a crown diameter corresponding to 70–80 cm. A characteristic feature is the fragmentary color of the needles, in which blue-gray and creamy-yellow segments alternate.

Juniper Floreant is a self-sufficient plant, it does not need a company to create a contrasting composition

Dream Joy

Dwarf shrub up to 30 cm tall. Landscape designers prefer to plant it in flowerbeds of coniferous and deciduous plants, alpine slides, when decorating garden paths. The color of the crown is provided different color needles: on young shoots it is golden yellow, on old shoots it is gray-blue.

Dream Joy has needles with an interesting color effect - silver-blue with cream tips.

Blue Star

- dwarf shrub up to 1 m in height. A photo of the plant will help determine its placement on the site. The crown is dense, spherical in shape with drooping shoots. The needles are needle-shaped, short, pointed, 0.6–1 cm long, bright, silver-blue in color, with a steel sheen due to white stripes. Young shoots are very brightly colored turquoise; over time, the needles change color to a calmer, bluish-blue hue. The fruits are dark blue cones with a whitish wax coating.

One of the most popular garden crops that are grown in summer cottages

Horizontal

All varieties of horizontal juniper are creeping, have an open crown, are undersized, and do not tolerate dry air. In the design of territories are used as ground cover plants.

almost all dioecious, up to 50 cm in height (dwarf varieties do not exceed 10 cm);
the crown extends in width from 1.5 to 2 m;
cone berries are dark blue, in some varieties almost black, spherical in shape, up to 6 mm in length, ripen for 2 years.

In this type of juniper, wood is resistant to decay, so plants can be planted near streams and small ponds.

Prince of Wales

Shrub 0.15 m high, crown diameter 2.5 m. Form creeping, decorative. The bark is gray-brown. The needles are scaly, thick, blue, reddish in winter. Grows slowly. Durable. It is used in single and group plantings on rocky hills.

Prince of Wales is very hardy, used as a ground cover

Creeping shrub up to 10 cm tall. The crown diameter of an adult plant is 120 cm. To form a ground cover from this variety, the required planting density is 3–4 plants per 1 m 2. The decorativeness of the shrub is provided by its bright golden needles.

Golden Carpet is perfect for decorating rock gardens and coniferous flower beds

Andorra Compact

One of the most beautiful dwarf shrubs. It has blue-gray needles that turn purple in winter. Used as a color accent in group plantings and garden compositions. One of the commonly used foreground plants. The shrub is unpretentious, winter-hardy, tolerates urban conditions well.

Andorra Compact will allow you to enjoy the color of fresh greenery even in winter

Advantages and disadvantages of using juniper in landscape design

Junipers in the design of gardens and urban areas cannot be replaced by anything. There are no other dwarf and creeping conifers comparable in decorativeness. It is impossible to find disadvantages in the use of these shrubs. There are many advantages:

high viability, providing quick survival after planting;
the ability to create bright color accents against the background of evergreen and deciduous;
undemanding care;
there is no need for seasonal crown formation;
do not attract bees and other insects;
disease resistant;
winter-hardy.

The combination of juniper with other plants

The main principle behind the use of juniper in design is color contrast. The background, created from dwarf and ground cover, will emphasize the brightness of flowering deciduous and flowers, make the site more comfortable.

Junipers look most advantageous in the neighborhood with heather, barberry, roses, thuja. Harmoniously combined with other conifers. decorations garden beds will become Chinese Spartan, recumbent Nana, scaly Meyeri. When planting, take into account the optimal distance to the nearest plants of 50–80 cm.

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Without junipers, it is impossible to create original impressive garden compositions. These unpretentious conifers surprise with a variety of species and varieties, impress with their decorative effect.

Landscape design can involve a variety of plant species. Juniper is considered the most popular plant variety. It can act as a limiter for the children's play area, a hedge or an interesting form of planting throughout the yard.

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What types of juniper are suitable for landscaping

This plant grows for a very long time. It practically does not need to be cut, giving a certain shape. There are a huge number of varieties of varieties and species that will differ from each other in their appearance, some features.

For example, it can be distinguished that the juniper can be a small bush and reach a size of twenty centimeters. And some varieties look like tall trees that grow up to fifteen meters in height. Any of these species is actively used in landscape design.

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Nearby you can safely plant coniferous trees, any deciduous shrub and some types of flowers. The most important advantage of juniper is that it is constantly green. It can be planted at any time and enjoy its greenery.

How to grow juniper?

In order for juniper to grow well, it needs to create the right conditions.

With the right selection of soil and place, the plant will grow sprawling and curly. You can work with it in the future and create various forms from it. For such a shrub, it is very important that the place is filled with the rays of the sun.

It needs to be watered infrequently so as not to spoil the root system. And the soil itself should be filled with nutrients and fertilizer. The soil can be decorated to make it beautiful appearance at the root system.

If juniper is planted in the shady side of the garden, then its branches will become thinner, which can make it difficult to trim the crown of the tree to give it a certain shape.

How to use juniper for design

Juniper in any landscape design will become an accent throughout the territory. Around it, you can make whole compositions of style and design. It may be low hedge. It will successfully close from unwanted eyes, create a cozy atmosphere in the yard, where you can be calm.

Some varieties of dwarf juniper will take an active part in the creation of rockeries or rock gardens. They will fill this environment with a peculiar feeling of beauty, grandeur and luxury.

Any type of juniper will find an excellent combination with other plants. It can be any coniferous trees and varieties of flowers.