Hello. Recently, a friend boasted that she had planted arborvitae and junipers in large numbers, as well as others. ornamental plants. Thus, she ennobled her summer cottage. On reflection, I came to the conclusion that it would not hurt me to do the same. Yes, the trouble is - I do not understand this kind of plants at all. In my opinion, there is no difference between them. Or I'm wrong? Thanks in advance for your reply.

Indeed, thuja and junipers are so similar to each other that an ordinary person who does not have any special knowledge may well confuse them. The external similarity of plants is primarily manifested in the presence of scaly needles. It resembles the needles of pine, fir, spruce. Thus, it is impossible to distinguish both these plants from each other at first glance.

However, it should be noted that in young shrubs and trees, the needles are in the form of needles. In some species of juniper, it persists throughout its existence. However, trees can be distinguished by the size and shape of the cones. Juniper tree can reach a height of approximately 15 m. This height is comparable to the height of a residential building, which has 5 floors. At the same time, certain types of thuja can grow up to 70 m, the trunk diameter can be 6 m. However, trees of this size are quite rare.

As for the cones, in thuja they are oblong or oval. Juniper is dominated by a spherical shape of cones. Thuja, like juniper, belongs to the cypress family, which is part of the class of conifers. At the same time, the thuja genus includes only 5 species, while the juniper genus includes 67 species.

There are differences in the places where plants grow. Wild thuja can be found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, temperate regions. Juniper is also found in the Northern Hemisphere, but, unlike arborvitae, in vast areas from subarctic regions to the tropics. It should be noted that both plants are unpretentious to the soil. That is why they can often be found both in suburban areas and in city parks. These plants are famous for their ability to purify the air from pathogenic microbes.

In addition, juniper fruits are widely used in the food industry. For example, in the form of spices that are used during the preparation of certain dishes and alcoholic beverages. It is curious that at one time even botanists could not really figure out which plants could be called thujas and which not. Some species that were previously attributed to this genus of conifers have recently been considered to be an independent genus of the cypress family. A good example of this is the oriental flatflower (Platycladus orientalis).

Somehow, quite apart from other evergreens in the garden, juniper is valued, whose very presence heals many diseases. The plant, friendly to people, is one of the favorite crops that fills the air with life-giving resins and amazes with its sweet beauty, perfectly combined with many green friends. Juniper is a rather unpretentious coniferous plant. But in order to properly plant it and take care of it, you need to know a few basic rules.

Species (types) and varieties of juniper

Among junipers, their following shapes and sizes can be distinguished:

The most popular types and varieties of juniper are:

• Ordinary (Depressa Aurea, Meyer, Green Carpet, Horstman, Repanda, Arnold);
• Virginian or North American (Grey Oul, Skyrocket, Hetz, Glauka);
• Cossack (Variegata Blue and Gold Tamariscifolia, Rockery Jam, Glauka, Sabina);
• Horizontal or prostrate (Lime Glow, Wiltoni, Blue Chip, Prince of Wales);
• Chinese (Stricta, Curivao Gold, Spartan, Variegata);
• Rocky (Blue Arrow, Blue Haven, Moonglow);
• Scaly (Dream Joy, Blue Star, Blue Carpet).

In more detail, you can get acquainted with the appearance of different junipers in the following videos or in the last paragraph "What is better to plant - juniper or thuja?"

Video: types and varieties of junipers

When and how to plant juniper in open ground

Landing dates

Note! If you decide to plant a juniper in the summer, then the young seedling should definitely be shaded and watered more often throughout the summer (but do not overfill!).

But still, the optimal time for planting juniper is spring, around April-May, when the earth warms up a little. But often it is planted in autumn in September-October.

How to choose the right seedling

A warning! Never buy seedlings from random people. As a rule, they have a bare root system, and such juniper seedlings do not actually survive.

It is better to buy cypress seedlings in garden centers. In them, junipers are sold in special containers, in other words, their root system is closed and well developed.

As for the age of the seedling, it is optimal to purchase a 3-4 year old.

Also, when buying a seedling, you should pay attention Special attention at the ends of the needles. They should be green and elastic (flexible). If upon examination you notice that the tips are dry and breaking, then you should not buy such a plant. It is quite obvious that it is sick or has been overdried, which means that the likelihood that it will take root well is quite low.

Place in the garden

After you select and purchase a seedling, you will need to find the right place to plant it in your country garden. Juniper loves sunny and well-lit places. Growing under the sun, it will acquire all its best properties. If you plant it in a deep shade, then the crown will begin to deform, become loose. However, its varieties, such as virgin and ordinary, can grow in light partial shade.

Important! Chinese juniper tends to burn badly at the end of winter or in strong winds, so it is better to plant it in a quiet place, or next to taller conifers.

If you want to plant several seedlings side by side, then it is advisable to do this at a distance of 50 to 200 centimeters, depending on the size (shape and type) of the juniper seedling.

Planting hole and soil

The diameter of the landing pit for juniper should be approximately 2-3 times larger than the earthen seedling, and in depth it should be about 50-70 centimeters.

Junipers do not tolerate waterlogging, so a drainage layer must be laid at the bottom of the planting pit. You can use broken bricks, stones, pebbles, crushed stone or gravel as drainage. Then a small layer of sand should be poured.

This conifer cannot be called a soil-demanding plant, but it is still recommended to fill the planting hole with fertile soil. For example, you can prepare such a soil mixture: 2 parts of peat, 1 part of soddy clay soil and 1 part of river sand. Or this: 2 parts of sod or leafy soil, 1 part of peat and 1 part of sand.

Clarification! Each variety of juniper has slightly different soil requirements. For example, if you plant Virginia then put more soddy clay soil, if Siberian - sand, Cossack - add wood ash, dolomite fly or lime(in other words, it is necessary to reduce the level of soil acidity).

Immediate staged landing

Step-by-step instructions for planting juniper in open ground:

Video: planting and caring for juniper

Juniper care in the open field

Newly planted seedlings need plenty of moisture, so they should be watered at least once a week.

Mature and well established plants watering practically not needed. Unless the summer is hot and dry, then it is still worth watering 2-3 times per season, pouring 1-3 buckets at a time, depending on the size of the bush.

Remember! Juniper does not tolerate dry air very well, so it will respond well to periodic spraying with water, sprinkler irrigation.

juniper not required frequent and profuse top dressing, especially since he does not need organic matter. Except that young plants should be fertilized in the spring- April-May. Take 30-40 grams of nitroammophoska, potassium nitrate or another complex mineral fertilizer of similar composition and scatter it around the trunk circle, and then spill it well with water.

As such pruning juniper is not required (another thing is cutting and giving the plant a certain shape), unless in early spring you need to carry out a sanitary cleaning, in other words, cut off all dried and broken branches (although some gardeners do this and late autumn).

If you notice that some branch has deviated to the side, but is still alive, then it is not necessary to cut it off, you can simply tighten it with a string. After a certain time, it will return to its original position again.

Important! The essential oil in juniper resin is quite caustic, so be sure to put on thick canvas mittens and oversleeves before pruning. Otherwise, long-term irritation may appear on the hands.

In the care of juniper, the most important role is played by its antifungal treatments. They must be performed regularly, and not wait until the fungus appears. It is especially important to spray it with fungicides (for example, the systemic fungicide Topsin - M is excellent) after warm and humid weather, as well as in late autumn.

By the way! At the end of winter and beginning of spring, juniper can get sunburn, in other words, it can burn out(this often happens in Siberia), so it should be shaded. For example, throwing burlap over the plant or installing screens. Just by no means not should use agrofibre because it just transmits ultraviolet light.

Video: proper care for the juniper open field

Important! You can find all the detailed information about preparing junipers for winter (shelter, pruning) in this material.

What is better to plant - juniper or thuja?

Many gardeners, when they begin to think about which conifer is better to plant on their site, cannot decide whether it is juniper or thuja. Let's try to understand the differences and advantages of landing each of them.

Both juniper and thuja belong to the same family - Cypress, so they are similar in many ways.

By shape and size

For example, the thuja western Columna is very similar to the rocky juniper Blue Arrow, they have equally even and clear high silhouettes.

On the left - Juniper Blue Arrow, on the right - Thuja Columna And the Chinese juniper Strikta, with a skillful haircut, can be made completely similar to the conical western thuja Smaragd.

On the left is the western thuja Smaragd, on the right is the Chinese juniper Strikta If the spherical junipers have not yet been bred, then the thuja is quite widely represented - these are Globoza, and Woodwardy, and miniature Teddies.

Tuya Teddy

But junipers have a huge assortment of sprawling and creeping crowns. These include the following: Cossack, Virgin Hetz, Scaled Blue Carpet.

Scaled Blue Carpet

By color (color)

In addition to the natural (standard) green color, juniper and thuja today can be of virtually any color: green, blue, and yellow.

For example, Tuya Miriyam is a green thuja with yellow tips.

Juniper Blue and Gold - a plant with blue and yellow tops.

For use in landscape design

Junipers, as a rule, are planted either as single plants or in “loose” groups of several bushes.

The use of juniper as a hedge is quite limited: the price is high and grows very slowly, so thuja varieties such as Columna and Brabant are better suited for this.

If you need to arrange a slope on your personal plot, decorate an alpine hill or rockery, then the best choice there will be creeping or ground cover varieties of juniper.

According to the conditions of cultivation and care

Thuja perfectly tolerates the dusty and polluted air of city streets, so it is very often used for landscaping large cities and industrial centers. On the contrary, junipers will suffer and wither from dusty and polluted air, so they are usually planted only in suburban areas.

Juniper is an exceptionally light-loving, frost-resistant, drought-resistant plant that is not demanding on soil conditions. This is due to the fact that its root system goes several meters into the soil and from there receives all the necessary nutrition.

Thuja is a moisture- and light-loving plant that can grow relatively successfully in the shade, but it is noticeably more demanding on soils. If the land is infertile and poor, then for normal development, the plant will need to be additionally regularly fed.

In general, both thuja and juniper are considered quite unpretentious conifers. However, young, recently planted seedlings for the winter should be insulated and covered, especially if you live in a cold climate.

According to useful properties

Juniper is more useful than thuja. Because the phytoncides secreted by its needles kill almost all pathogenic microbes. ethnoscience I often use juniper cone berries, which have diuretic and disinfectant properties. It is useful during a flu epidemic to chew 1 berry a day, this will significantly reduce the risk of illness. These berries are also used in cooking: they are used to make kvass, beer and gin, they are used for smoking meat (6-8 pieces per 1 kg of meat), and they also make juniper brooms for a bath.

By the way! Juniper can live up to 1000 years, while arborvitae, as a rule, live up to a maximum of 100 years.

Video: what is better to plant - juniper or thuja

Subject to all the rules for planting and caring for juniper in the open field, you will have on your suburban area This beautiful plant, which will delight you with its appearance and make the atmosphere in your garden healing and beneficial.

Video: the secrets of growing and caring for juniper

A beautiful juniper, planting and caring for it in the open field, which is not too complicated at first glance, still requires attention from the gardener in order to please the owners with a beautiful and healthy look, and you need to know how to do it all right, at what time, in autumn or in spring, how to feed the plant, how to transplant to a new place, how to spray from yellowing and rust, how pruning is done, etc.

How to plant juniper in open ground

Planting in open ground is a laborious process with many nuances, the observance of which will allow you to enjoy a beautiful plant in the country or in the garden.

The best time for planting juniper is early spring, when the frosts are over, but the weather is still not too warm. An excellent option would be the period when the snow melts. Of course, you can plant a plant later, but then there is a danger of burning out the needles. It should be said that in a later period, young growth should be planted.

Many are interested in the question of how to plant juniper in the fall. In this case, the plant may not have time to take root, as a result, it will die. It is important to note that if the juniper has a closed root system, then it can be planted at any time of the year.

When choosing a site for juniper, take care of the constant sun. The sun's rays should shine on the plant all day. Only on hot summer days, some varieties of juniper require shading.

How much light hits a plant depends on it. appearance. If the site is dominated by a shadow, then the plant will grow poorly. The variegated juniper will no longer have the original color of the needles.

As for the choice of soil, the type you choose plays a big role here. So, for Cossack, ordinary and Central Asian varieties of juniper, soil is required, which includes dolomite flour or slaked lime.

Siberian juniper loves sandy or sandy loam soil, for virgin - clay soil with compost is suitable.

The remaining species take root well if peat, sand, a protective layer with peat and wood shavings are added to the soil to create an acidic reaction.

The plant is sold in various containers. The most suitable for planting are a plant in containers, with a volume of 5 liter pots with a closed root system. If you buy a seedling with an open root system, be sure to check the roots, they are white and strong enough. Do not buy juniper if you notice damage on it.

When you plan to plant large plants, then certain skills or the help of a specialist will come in handy here. These plants are pre-grown in the ground and must be dug up to be sold.

True, experts do not recommend planting mature plants. This is due to the fact that during growth the roots go far into the ground, when digging out, the main root is often damaged, which leads to the fact that the juniper dies after transplantation. Therefore, an adult juniper should be planted in winter with a frozen soil clod. Disembarkation at such a time allows you to increase the chances of good survival and healthy development in the future.

Remember, before planting, be sure to moisten the lump with plenty of water, somewhere 2 hours before planting.

Prepare the place in advance. Dig a hole in it, the size of which directly depends on the size of the plant. For example, for young plant a pit with a size of 1m × 1m, a depth of 50 cm is suitable. Experts recommend making a pit 2 times larger than a soil clod.

At the very bottom of the pit where the plant is planned to be planted, drainage is added, with a layer of about 20 cm (it is better to use broken brick, large pebbles and sand). The free space is filled with cultivated soil. This soil is suitable for any kind.

When placing, be very careful not to damage the root system and the earthen ball. Make sure that in young plants the root neck is at the surface of the earth, and in adult specimens it rises by about 10 cm.

Then pour abundantly with water. The area near the trunk is covered with a protective layer (mulch), which can be peat, pine bark, wood chips, sawdust, crushed cones or pine nut shells. The mulch should be 10 cm thick.

Transplanting juniper from the forest is not very difficult, the main thing is to follow the rules:

1. Only young and small plants are suitable for transplantation, because. they have not yet formed a large root system
2. After choosing a plant, be sure to mark its sunny side (before digging it out so as not to get confused), and plant it on exactly the same side.
3. Dig up the plant together with a clod of earth, place it in a film or burlap, wrap and tie
4. Planting is carried out in the same way as in the case of a plant purchased in a nursery

Juniper, care in the garden and in the country

Summer residents appreciate juniper for its beauty and ease of care. By adhering to some rules of care, you can grow a healthy and beautiful plant.

Juniper does without water for a long time, but in the summer it should be watered at least once every 30 days. As practice shows, this happens much more often, especially in hot sultry weather, you need to water the plants every day.

Sometimes it should be sprayed with plain water from a spray bottle. Spraying is best done weekly in the morning or evening, so as not to burn the green part of the shrub.

In spring, the soil is fertilized with nitroammophos in the proportion of 45 grams per 1 sq.m. In summer, organic fertilizers and mineral fertilizers can be used if the plant requires it. Fertilize the soil if the juniper does not grow well.

As for the transplant, the juniper takes root very poorly, so it is carried out only if necessary. To do this, be sure to prepare the soil - mix sand, coniferous soil and peat in equal proportions. Water well after transplanting.

Juniper does not require pruning, you only need to remove dry branches. If you want to create a beautiful crown, then you can not cut too much, the plant will get sick.

In winter, a young juniper is covered with lutrastil, an adult plant is simply tied up so that the branches do not break off under the weight of snow. If there is a lot of snow, then sometimes shake off the plant.

The onset of spring is a dangerous period, the sun can burn out the needles. To avoid this, shade the juniper with a cloth or burlap. When the snow completely melts, the burlap can be removed. Clean the trunk circle, remove the protective layer so that there is no rotting of the roots. Dig and loosen the earth. After the soil has dried, a new protective layer can be poured.

Now you know, dear readers, that juniper, planting and caring for which is not difficult, can please you. beautiful view long years.

• Type: coniferous
• Flowering period: May
• Height: 1.5-30m
• Green color
• perennial
• hibernates
• Shade-loving
• drought tolerant

Unlike the southern and tropical regions, in the northern latitudes, conifers have a special place in the garden landscape - in the off-season and in winter, only they are able to enliven the garden with their colors. Evergreen conifers are usually "garden soloists" due to the rich color of the needles, ranging from dark emerald to silver gray and golden. Junipers are no exception, having a wide range of crown shades and successfully complementing the “all-season” garden - a garden designed to be attractive at any time of the year. Planting and caring for juniper is not an easy process - knowing the nuances allows you to grow a highly decorative conifer that fits favorably into landscape design.

Spherical, pyramidal, cone-shaped, weeping or creeping - the shape of the juniper crown can be any, which expands the possibilities landscape design in the formation of compositions expressive in their geometry. Combining only conifers, you can compose an original garden, bright in originality and style: landscape or regular, avant-garde or classical, ethnic or modernist.

A rock garden created using a combination of juniper with other types of conifers will look advantageous at any time of the year

Coniferous plants favorably decorate the garden, creating a calm and elegant landscape. Large cone-shaped or columnar junipers will be good in a single or group planting, acting as the center of a landscape composition. A single juniper in the form of a topiary looks catchy. A single overall plant is always a dominant in garden design, which is desirable to be surrounded by smaller plants.

Group planting of scaly juniper variety Loderi with its cone-shaped crown will advantageously complement the rockery composition

Junipers with a geometric crown look good in gardens with a regular layout, creating points of view and emphasizing the correct outline of the flower beds. In landscape gardens, cone-shaped and spherical junipers perfectly coexist with less "official" perennials, and sprawling varieties will add expressiveness to a border, rock garden or pond.

They are often used in the planting of hedges (formed, free-growing) and mixborders, the design of the foreground of alpine slides and discounts, to delineate the boundaries of lawns or flower beds.

By combining molded and unshaped junipers with an exotic crown, you can create a spectacular rockery.

Dwarf junipers in the form of compact bonsai and topiary are indispensable when laying a garden in oriental style- they will favorably decorate the rocky composition and branching of the paths, advantageously combined with ground cover and low-growing plants: saxifrage, loosestrife, stonecrop, carnation, phlox and cereals.

Junipers with a beautiful crown color:

• bluish-silvery rocky juniper of the Blue Arrow variety,
• bluish Meyeri and Blue Carpet,
• bluish-gray rock grade Skyrocket,
• horizontal juniper of some species (Andorra Compact, Blue Chip) turns purple in winter,
• spreading juniper golden tone Pfitzeriana Aurea looks advantageous against the background of the lawn.

The spectacular crown of junipers does not require frequent pruning, but varieties growing in the form of hedges are cut regularly: in the middle of summer and in spring, removing dry and some side branches that protrude beyond the crown being formed. If the juniper grows in the garden as a bonsai, then the haircut is performed in April-May and in October-November.

Choosing a juniper variety for planting

When choosing a type of juniper for planting in a garden, it is necessary to have complete information about its characteristics: winter hardiness, plant size in adult form, crown shape and color, growing conditions and care. Junipers, which are brought to us from Western European nurseries, can be both sufficiently resistant to the harsh winters characteristic of central Russia, and non-hardy, successfully growing without shelter only in the southern regions.

After acquiring a new coniferous plant (even a frost-resistant one), experienced gardeners recommend covering it for the first wintering with spruce branches or burlap, tying up the branches to avoid sunburn of the needles and damage to the crown from snow.

Juniper medium grade Gold Coast, with golden needles, contrasts expressively with more emerald greens

Employees of the botanical gardens of Russia identified juniper varieties suitable and unsuitable for cultivation in domestic latitudes.

Winter-hardy species of juniper (Juniperus):

• common (J. Communis),
• Cossack (J. Sabina),
• scaly (J. squmata),
• horizontal (J. Horizontalis),
• Siberian (J. Sibirica),
• Chinese (J. Chinensis),
• hard (J. rigida),
• virgin (J. Virginiana).

Non-hardy types of juniper:

• Turkestan (J. Turkestanica),
• declining (J. Procumbens),
• Zeravshan (J. Seravshanica),
• red (J. Oxycedrus).

Successful rooting and growth of juniper largely depends on the quality of the purchased seedlings. When purchasing planting material, you should pay attention to the following points:

1. Plants with an open root system are best not to buy.
2. It is advisable to purchase juniper in a container or with an earthy clod wrapped in burlap.
3. The root system and branches should show the growth of the current year.
4. There should be no cracks on the stem of the plant.
5. Fresh shoots should be flexible and not brittle.
6. The color of the crown should be uniform, without brownish blotches and white flakes at the base of the needles.
7. It is recommended to choose those plants that have been grown in a container, and not in the open field, and then simply transplanted into a container.

Junipers with an open root system are planted in early spring or autumn, and seedlings with an earthy clod - throughout the entire period from spring to autumn. For the northern regions, planting in the spring is optimal - so the seedling will have time to take root in order to more successfully endure the winter.

Combining junipers with different colors of needles, you can form a hedge unusual in color and shape.

Technology of planting seedlings

Due to its decorative effect, junipers are a good choice for a young garden, when a group of several conifers is able to fill voids in the landscape immediately after planting and form an attractive composition. For planting light-loving junipers, an open, well-lit garden area is selected, with loamy or sandy loamy light soil - nutritious and sufficiently moist.

A living molded hedge of silver-blue juniper will be a catchy element of garden landscaping

If the soil is clayey and heavy, then a mixture is added to the planting pit garden soil, peat, sand and coniferous soil (loose soil with needles collected under spruce or pine trees in the forest). At the same time, the soil is pre-drained by pouring broken brick or sand to the bottom of the landing pit. Junipers grow well on lean soils, they can easily tolerate drought, but stagnant moisture in the soil is detrimental to them.

The most successful soil mixture for planting juniper: 2 parts of sod land, 2 parts of humus, 2 parts of peat, 1 part of sand. It is also advisable to add 150 g of Kemira-universal and 300 g of nitrophoska to the mixture, as well as epin after planting (for optimal survival) under each seedling.

Horizontal junipers with a flattened crown fit well into the design of the area near the pond

The dimensions of the planting hole depend on the size of the juniper root system, for example, for large species they dig a hole of the order of 60 × 80 cm. Plant the plant quickly so that the root system does not have time to dry out, but carefully so as not to damage the earthen ball or young roots. After landing in open ground, the juniper is plentifully watered and covered from direct sunlight.

The density of juniper placement on the site depends on the landscape composition - whether it will be a hedge, a solitary or group planting. For junipers, the distance between seedlings during planting is selected in the range from 0.5 to 2 m. For a small garden, it is better to focus on compact juniper species.

Growing juniper from seed

When collecting juniper seeds for sowing, it is important to observe the time intervals - it is better to harvest not quite ripened seeds at the end of summer than completely ripe ones in the fall. So the likelihood of germination will be greater. The collected planting material must be sown immediately, but you need to be prepared for the fact that, due to the hard shell, juniper seeds will sprout only 2-3 years after sowing.

Group planting of Chinese juniper will enliven the garden in the off-season and in winter

You can plant a juniper dug out in the forest on the plot, having previously marked the orientation in parts of the world on its trunk in order to simulate as much as possible the features of its growth in the natural environment during transplantation. The lump of "native" land should be large, with the top layer of humus preserved.

How to apply fertilizer correctly

Subject to the choice of juniper varieties that are resistant to domestic climatic conditions, care for young plants is minimal - junipers almost do not get sick and are not affected by pests, do not require intensive feeding and spraying. In the future, it is enough just to provide juniper watering in dry years and support it with nitrogen or complex fertilizers 2-3 times per season.

Different varieties of junipers have differently colored needles, but needles of a bluish-blue hue look especially beautiful.

In no case should conifers be fertilized with bird or cow humus - from this, the roots of the juniper burn, and the plant dies. It is also impossible to loosen the soil around the junipers - due to the fact that the root system of the conifers belongs to the surface type, the nutrition of the trunk will deteriorate, and the plant will begin to wither. For juniper, it is enough to mulch the soil with coniferous soil harvested in the forest.

Winter Care

In winter, the formed crowns of junipers under the weight of snow can disintegrate, some branches can break. In order to avoid such troubles, the crowns of molded junipers are tied in advance in autumn. Some types of junipers are sensitive to changes in day and night temperatures in early spring, active winter and spring sun and require shelter in February-March. Needle burns lead to a change in the green color of the crown of conifers to a brownish-yellow hue and, consequently, to the loss of decorative juniper.

Horizontal juniper variety Plumosa acts as a ground cover plant for rock garden

If the buds of the conifer remain alive during a sunburn, then the young shoots gradually cover the burnt places, but if the buds are dead, then the branches affected by frost must be cut to healthy wood and treated with garden pitch.

In order for juniper needles to retain their brightness in winter, the plant must be regularly watered, fertilized in spring and at the end of summer with granular bait, and sprayed with microfertilizers.

Gardeners practice these types of juniper shelter for the winter:

1. Snow. Great option for miniature and creeping forms - snow is simply thrown on the branches of the conifer. But with heavy snowfall, it is recommended to make a protective frame.
2. Lapnik. They are fixed on the branches in tiers, moving from the bottom to the top of the juniper.
3. Non-woven and woven materials. Ephedra are wrapped with spunbond, burlap, kraft paper (in two layers), light cotton fabric and tied with a rope, leaving the lower part of the crown open. The film cannot be used - the plant will rot.
4. Screen. It is installed from the most illuminated side of the plant.

Lutrasil is not suitable for hiding juniper - it skips Sun rays, not entirely successful shelter from cardboard boxes. According to the experience of gardeners, metallized insulation used for laying laminate is excellent as a shelter for conifers. To do this, in October (while the ground is not yet frozen), pegs are driven in around the juniper, and the plant itself is wrapped with a substrate in November.

Horizontal Bar Harbor juniper with a rounded crown effectively complemented the solitary hardwood planting.

Frost-resistant types of juniper that do not burn in the sun: Cossack, medium varieties (Hetzi, Old Gold, Mint Julep), Chinese Gold Star, Pendula and Pfitzeriana varieties. Subspecies of the common juniper burn badly in the winter and spring sun.

Location in the flowerbed: 8 beautiful schemes

Juniper Cossack - one of the most frost-resistant varieties, ideal for planting in middle lane Russia

The columnar juniper of Hiberica acts as a focal point in the flower bed

On a flower bed, you can combine several types of juniper: rocky, horizontal, Chinese - any combination will be successful

1. Thuja western "Holmstrup". 2. Barberry Thunberg "Red Chief". 3. Pine mountain "Mops". 4. Juniper average "Old Gold". 5. Cossack juniper "Tamariscifolia". 6. Ground cover perennials (bryozoan, sedum)

1. Rocky juniper "Blue Arrow". 2. Juniper rock molded "Skyrocket". 3. Juniper scaly molded "Meyeri". 4. Pine mountain "Mops". 5. Juniper horizontal "Blue Chip". 6. Juniper declining "Nana"

1. Juniper Chinese "Blaauw" or "Blue Alps". 2. Thuja western "Stolwijk" or "Rheingold". 3. Thuja oriental "Aurea Nana". 4. Canadian spruce "Conica". 5. Thuja western "Tiny Tim" or "Little Champion". 6. Mountain pine "Gnom". 7. Prickly spruce "Glauca Globosa" or European "Nidiformis". 8. Juniper horizontal "Blue Chip" or "Prince of Wales". 9. Juniper horizontal "Wiltonii". 10. Cotoneaster Dummer. eleven. ground cover roses. 12. Flowers: petunia, styloid phlox, obrieta, thyme, verbena. 13. Spirea "Snowmound"

Juniper with an original crown plays the role of an accent on an alpine hill

1. Juniper Cossack molded. 2. Stonecrop Siebold. 3. Stonecrop is caustic. 4. Dwarf iris. 5. Garden iris (bearded, medium tall). 6. Ear primrose. 7. Iberis evergreen. 8. Soddy meadow. 9. Young hybrid. 10. Soddy saxifrage. 11. Tufted Muscari. 12. Bellflower

Types and varieties of juniper

The decorativeness of planting from junipers significantly depends on the correctly selected variety - its dimensions, taking into account growth, crown shape, color and texture of needles. Varieties belonging to the same type of junipers can vary significantly in their external characteristics- this is also worth considering.

Juniper scaly:

• Meyeri. Height 1 m, growth rate 10 cm per year. The needles are silver-blue. Mixborders and bonsai.
• Blue Carpet. Height 0.6 m, diameter 2-2.5 m. Creeping branched crown. The needles are silver-blue. Unpretentious, fast growing. The lower tier of landscape compositions.

Juniper medium:

• Old Gold. Height 0.4 m, diameter 1 m. Wide rounded crown of yellow-gold color. Single planting on the lawn, in rock gardens.
• Mint Julep. Height 1.5 m, diameter 2-3 m. Spreading crown with curved branches and scaly green needles. Group plantings, alpine slides, tamping of tall shrubs.
• Gold Star. Height 1 m, diameter 2.5 m. Low-growing shrub with a spreading crown and golden-green needles. Low sheared or unshaped hedges, decoration of gutters and drainage wells.
• Pfitzeriana compacta. Height 0.8 m, diameter 1.5-2 m. Spreading crown, needle-shaped green needles. It grows fast and tolerates shearing well. Borders, curtains of evergreens with different colors of needles, shaped and unshaped hedges, organization of the lower tier in large-scale landscape compositions.

Red cedar:

• Hetz. Height 1 m, Diameter 2-2.5 m. Growth 30 cm per year. Spreading rounded crown with scaly silver-blue needles. Handles haircut well. Single and group landing.
• Canaert. Height 5-7 m, diameter 2-3 m. Annual growth 30 cm. Columnar crown with dark green needles. Tapeworm, groups, hedges.
• Gray Oul. Height 1 m, diameter 2.5 m. Growth 20 cm per year. Spreading crown with scaly silver-blue needles and purple shoots. molded compositions.

Juniper horizontal:

• Blue Chip. Height 0.4 m, diameter 2 m. Low-growing dwarf shrub with bluish-blue needles. Rock gardens, heather gardens, retaining walls.
• Blue Forest. Height 0.3 m, diameter 1.5. Creeping ground cover crown with blue needles. Strengthening the slopes, the lower tiers of rock gardens, container planting.
• Andorra compact. Height 0.4 m, diameter 1.5 m. Flat-round cushion-shaped crown with blue-gray scaly needles. Low borders, decoration of slopes and tiers of the garden.
• Andorra compact Veriegata. Height 0.4 m, diameter 1.5 m. Cushion-shaped crown with radiant shoots and bright green needles with whitish patches at the tips of the branches. Mixed groups, rocky gardens.
• Wiltoni. Height 0.1 m, diameter 2 m. Branched ground cover crown with silver-emerald needles. Large groups, rock gardens, juniper lawns.

Chinese juniper:

• Strict. Height 2.5 m, diameter 1.5 m. Cone-shaped crown with greenish-blue needles. Single and group plantings, growing in flowerpots.
• Obelisk. Height 3 m, diameter 1.2-1.5 m. Columnar crown with bluish-green needles.
• Monarch. Height 2 m, diameter 1.5 m. Asymmetric columnar crown. Single and group landings.
• Curivao Gold. Height 2 m, diameter 2 m. Spreading openwork rounded crown with green needles and young shoots of a golden hue. Single planting, mixed and coniferous groups, rock gardens.

Juniper rocky Skyrocket. Height 3 m, diameter 0.7 m. Annual growth 10-20 cm. Pyramidal crown with short bluish-green needles. Vertical accent in rock gardens, avenue plantings, on lawns, in contrasting compositions and hedges.

Common juniper Hibernica. Height 3-5 m, diameter 1-1.2 m. Columnar crown with bluish-steel prickly needles. Solitaire on lawns, group plantings and compositions with hardwoods.

Juniper Cossack. Height 1 m, diameter 2 m. Spreading crown with grassy green needles. Hedges, single and group plantings.

A variety of colors and shapes of junipers allows you to create spectacular landscape compositions, combining them with other coniferous and deciduous species of shrubs or trees, as well as flowers and other garden plants.

A plant such as juniper (Juniperus) is also called juniper or veres. It is related to the genus of evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of the cypress family. In nature, they can be found in the Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic to the subtropical mountain regions. In the classification, the Old Latin name of this plant "juniper" was preserved by Carl Linnaeus, it was mentioned in the writings of the poet Virgil, who lived in Ancient Rome. This genus currently unites about 70 species of various plants. Creeping species for the most part prefer to grow only in mountainous areas, but a tree belonging to this genus has a height of about 15 meters and is found in the forests of Central Asia and America, as well as in the Mediterranean. Outwardly, this plant is similar to cypress, and it can live 600-3 thousand years. In places where juniper grows, the air is incredibly clean. In antiquity it was believed that juniper is the number one remedy for a snake bite, in Russia it was used to make dishes, the milk in which did not turn sour even in the heat. Various remedies for diseases have long been made from the root, cones and essential oil of the plant. Ground juniper fruits are widely used in cooking, as a seasoning for meat dishes, as well as in the preparation of sauces, marinades, soups, pates and liqueurs. The wood of certain species of this plant is used in the manufacture of pencils, canes and various crafts.

Features of juniper (shrub)

Juniper shrub is more popular with gardeners, its height can reach 1-3 meters. But sometimes tree-like forms are also found in gardens, the height of such a plant is 4–8 meters, but in some cases it is about 12 meters. The erect stem is branched. In young specimens, the bark has a brownish-red color, while in an old plant it is brown. Needle-shaped or scaly leaves are collected in several pieces in whorls. This shrub is dioecious. Fragrant with a pleasant spicy taste, female oval cones in diameter reach 0.5–0.9 centimeters, they are painted green. Male cones are similar to elongated spikelets oval shape, having a rich yellow color and located in the leaf axils. Ripening of these cones occurs in the second year. Inside they have a dozen seeds, while on the surface there are tightly closed fleshy scales.

Cultivated set various kinds such a plant, while it is grown both on the street and in the house. So, for example, juniper bonsai are very popular.

juniper planting

What time to plant

It is recommended to plant a seedling in the garden in spring (April or May). And such a shrub can be planted in autumn (October). This plant is very fond of light, but common juniper can grow in a slightly shaded place. There are no special requirements for the soil. However, it is recommended for him to choose loose, moist, calcareous or sandy soil. The acidity of the soil should be in the range of pH 4.5–7 (depending on the type and variety of juniper).

juniper saplings

Seedlings that are 3-4 years old are suitable for planting in the garden. It is recommended to buy them in garden centers or nurseries that have proven themselves well. In the case when the seedling is in a container, the volume of which is from 3 to 5 liters, it takes root well and quickly begins to grow. If you use fairly large seedlings, then you will need some experience to plant them, and they will take root much more slowly. Carefully inspect the seedling before buying. If there are any signs of illness, then it is better not to purchase such a copy. When planting a plant, try to keep the clod of earth on its roots intact. The fact is that if the soil crumbles, this will lead to injury to the tips of the roots, as a result, the seedling will hurt for a long time and eventually be able to die. If the seedling is planted in a container, then it can be planted in the garden at any time during the season, but it is better to exclude hot days. Before planting a plant, its root system must be immersed in water for a couple of hours. Young seedlings with open roots are recommended to be planted in spring or on the last summer days in wet weather. If desired, the roots of the shrub can be treated with a root growth stimulant (Kornevin) immediately before planting.

How to plant

If the plant grows large enough, then 150–200 centimeters should be left between the bushes. If the bushes are compact, then the distance between them should be about 50 centimeters. The depth of the fossa directly depends on the size of the clod of the earth of the seedling, while its size should exceed the root system by 2 or 3 times. If the seedling is not very large, then a hole of 50x50x50 centimeters is enough for him. Half a month before landing, a layer of broken brick and sand for drainage should be laid out at the bottom of the landing hole, while its height should be from 15 to 20 centimeters. After that, 2/3 of the hole is filled with a mixture rich in nutrients, consisting of sand, soddy clay soil and peat (1:1:2), into which 200 to 300 grams of nitroammophoska should be poured and everything should be mixed well. If you are planting Verginsky juniper, then ½ of a bucket of compost should be poured into the soil. At the same time, if it is planted in poor sandy soil, then half a bucket of clay must also be poured. When planting Cossack juniper, pour from 200 to 300 grams of dolomite flour into the ground. After half a month, the soil will settle and it is necessary to plant a seedling. A seedling should be placed in the hole and filled with a soil mixture of a similar composition, but without fertilizer. After planting a large seedling, its root collar should rise 5–10 centimeters above the ground. In the case when the plant is not very large, after planting, its root neck should be flush with the soil surface. The planted juniper must be watered, and when the liquid is absorbed, it is necessary to cover the surface of the near-stem circle with a layer of mulch (sawdust, peat or wood chips), its thickness should be from 5 to 8 centimeters.

How to care in the garden

cultivation

Growing juniper is quite easy. During the season, watering should be done only in prolonged heat, while 1-2 buckets of water are taken per 1 adult specimen. Juniper responds favorably to foliage moistening, which is recommended to be done once a week, especially this procedure is required for Chinese and common juniper. Periodically it is necessary to loosen the surface of the soil of the near-stem circle and at the same time it is necessary to pull out weeds. It is recommended to feed the juniper in the spring, for this, from 30 to 40 grams of nitroammophoska should be distributed over the surface of the near-stem circle. Fertilizer close up in the soil, and then be sure to water. In the event that the plant is planted in very poor soil, then it should be fertilized in this way throughout the growing season, but the break in top dressing should be at least 4 weeks.

pruning

Juniper pruning, as a rule, is done when they want to make a hedge from this shrub. Otherwise, pruning should not be done. However, in the event that you want to form a bush, you must be extremely careful. The fact is that if you cut off something superfluous, then it will take a very long time to restore, since this is a slow-growing plant. Experienced experts recommend sanitary and thinning pruning, and you can also trim those branches that are too long or look messy.

Transplant Features

It happens that an already adult plant needs to be transplanted to another place. It should be remembered that for an adult plant, a transplant is a lot of stress, and even more so for a juniper. Is it possible to transplant a shrub in such a way as to harm it as little as possible? How to prepare a planting hole for a given plant, and how large it should be, is discussed above. The bush itself must also be prepared for transplantation. In the spring, you need to step back from the trunk or bush from 30 to 40 centimeters, then take a sharp shovel and use it to cut through the soil to the depth of the bayonet. In this way, you can separate the peripheral young roots from the juniper root system. Then you need to wait until the onset of the autumn or next spring period. During this time, inside the clod of earth, which was cut off, young roots will have time to grow. As a result, the plant can be transplanted almost painlessly.

Harmful insects and diseases

Often this shrub is affected by a fungal disease such as rust. In an infected bush, spindle-shaped thickenings appear on shoots, cones, needles and skeletal branches. Blisters and swells appear at the root collar, while the bark dries on their surface, crumbles, and as a result, not very deep wounds are exposed. Infected branches dry up and die, while the needles turn brown and fall off. In the event that the plant is not treated, it will die. In order to prevent this, as soon as the disease is noticed, it is necessary to cut off the infected branches, while the wounds and cuts are disinfected with a solution of copper sulfate (1%), and after that they must be smeared with garden pitch or Rannet paste. Those branches that have been cut must be destroyed. For preventive purposes, juniper is recommended to be sprayed in spring and autumn with a Bordeaux mixture (1%) or a means of similar action. Also, the shrub may suffer from alternariosis, schütte, nectriosis of the bark of branches, biotorell cancer and drying of branches. All these diseases can be cured in the same way as rust. It must be remembered that if you take good care of the shrub, then it will not become infected with any diseases and pests.

On the juniper, such harmful insects as:

1. Mining moth. You can get rid of it with the help of the Decis solution (2.5 grams of the substance per bucket of water). Processing should be carried out 2 times with a break of half a month.
2. Aphid. In this case, the treatment should also be carried out 2 times with a break of 2 weeks with Fitoverma solution (2 grams of the substance per 1 bucket of water).
3. Spider mite. The infected plant must be treated with a Karate solution (50 grams of the substance per 1 bucket of water).
4. Shchitovki. For destruction, you should use a solution of Karbofos (70 grams per 1 bucket of water).

Features of growing in Moscow

Growing juniper in Moscow and the Moscow region, where the climate is quite cool, is no different. This plant tolerates wintering well, however, young plants are still recommended to be covered with spruce branches for the winter.

Juniper propagation

How can you reproduce

Seedlings of this plant can be purchased quite easily, and therefore use various ways juniper propagation is not particularly necessary. But if you still want to grow juniper with your own hands, then you need to remember that creeping forms can be propagated by layering, and woody and bushy forms can be propagated with green cuttings and seeds.

Propagation of juniper seeds

Before sowing the seeds of this plant, they need to be prepared. To do this, they should be stratified, and this will require cold. In a box filled with earth mixture, you need to sow the seeds, then this container is taken out into the street and placed under a snowdrift. There the seeds should stay 4-5 months. Prepared seeds are sown in open ground in May. If desired, unprepared seeds can be sown in May, but in this case, you need to know that the first shoots will appear only next year. In some species of such a plant, the seeds have a rather dense shell; therefore, before planting, they must be scarified. So, to accelerate germination, the seeds are treated with acid or the shell is mechanically damaged. So, the most commonly used method is when the seeds are placed between two boards, upholstered on the inside with sandpaper. Then they must be rubbed. After the seeds have undergone stratification, they are sown in the ground, while the embedment depth should be from 2 to 3 centimeters. Caring for the sown seeds is quite simple. It is necessary to sprinkle the surface of the bed with a layer of mulch, water if necessary, during the first 14 days you need to protect the bed from direct sunlight. You should also systematically loosen the surface of the beds and pull out weeds. At the age of three, it will be possible to transplant a seedling to permanent place, moving it along with an earthen clod.

Reproduction of juniper cuttings

Decorative forms do not propagate by seeds; cuttings are used for this. They should be prepared in the spring, while cuttings are cut from young shoots that have become woody. The length of the handle should be from 5 to 7 centimeters, while it must necessarily have 1 or 2 internodes, as well as a heel. To do this, the stalk should not be cut, but it is torn off by hand in such a way that a piece of bark from the parent plant remains at its end. Immediately, the cutting should be treated with a root growth stimulant. Then the prepared material for planting is planted according to the 7x7 scheme in a soil mixture consisting of sand and peat (humus), taken in a ratio of 1: 1, while the surface must be sprinkled with coarse sand (layer thickness from 3 to 4 centimeters). After planting, each cutting should be individually covered with a glass jar. It is necessary to deepen the cutting by 15–20 mm, in connection with this, rooting will occur in the sandy layer. By the onset of the autumn period, the cuttings will take root, but transplantation to a permanent place can only be done after 2 years.

Reproduction by layering

If the juniper is creeping, then layering can be used to propagate it. In this case, the plant can be propagated in this way during the entire period of active growth. For layering, you need to choose young, barely matured branches, as they give roots very quickly. First you need to loosen the surface of the soil around the plant, mix it with loose peat and river sand, and then moisten it. Up to a height of 20 centimeters from the base, the layers must be freed from needles, then this part should be bent to the soil surface and fixed with pins. After 6–12 months, the layering will give roots, but during this time it should be systematically watered, as well as hilled. After young shoots grow on the cuttings, they will need to be disconnected from the parent plant and planted in a permanent place.

Wintering juniper in the country

Autumn

In autumn, this plant must begin to prepare for wintering. To do this, the juniper is pruned for sanitary purposes, while the injured, dried up and growing in the wrong direction branches and shoots are cut off. Then the plant and the surface of the near-stem circle are treated with a solution of Bordeaux liquid (1%) in order to prevent various diseases and harmful insects.

Winter

Juniper is frost resistant. In areas with mild winters, it is not necessary to cover it for wintering, but branches should be pulled together with twine. It is recommended to cover young plants for the winter with spruce branches.

The main types and varieties of junipers with a photo

In landscape design, juniper is very popular, so experts are trying to develop new, more interesting varieties and forms. Gardeners also quite successfully grow many natural species in their garden plots. Below will be presented the most popular species, varieties and forms of this plant, as well as their brief description.

Common juniper (Juniperus communis)

This is a shrub or tree, the height of which can vary from 5 to 10 meters. The trunk in diameter reaches 20 centimeters. The tree has a dense cone-shaped crown, and the shrub is ovoid. The fibrous bark is colored brownish-gray, while the shoots are brown-red. Green, pointed, needle-shaped needles are trihedral. The length of the needles can reach 15 mm, and they stay on the branches for 4 years. Flowering is observed in May. The female flowers are green and the male flowers are yellow. The life expectancy of this plant is about 200 years. Rounded cones in diameter reach 10 mm, while immature they have a green color, and mature ones are blue-black, there is a wax coating on their surface. Varieties of this plant:

1. depression (pressed)- this creeping wide-flat form can reach a height of 100 centimeters. Her needles are not as long and thin as those of the main species.
2. Montana- such a creeping form reaches a height of 20 centimeters. Triangular branches are thick and short.
3. Green Carpet- this dwarf creeping shrub has a flat crown. Its soft needles are painted in a pale green color. For 10 years, the plant is able to grow only 10 centimeters in height. In this case, the crown in diameter can reach 150 centimeters.
4. Columnaris is a columnar shape. The plant has a blunt top, reaches a height of 150 centimeters, and a width of 30 centimeters. On the ascending shoots there are short needles, at the bottom it is greenish-blue, and at the top it has a whitish-blue stripe.

There is also a very large number of varieties and forms of this species, for example: Horstmann, Erekta, Nana Aurea, Meyer, Pyramidalis, Repanda, Sentinel, etc.

Juniper virginian (Juniperus virginiana), or "pencil tree"

Such an evergreen tree can reach a height of about 30 meters. In young specimens, the crown has a narrow ovoid shape, then gradually it becomes prostrate due to widely spaced branches. The trunk in diameter can reach 1.5 meters. The exfoliating bark is colored brown-red or dark brown, and in young shoots it is green. Small, scaly or needle-shaped needles have a dark green color. In diameter, spherical berries can reach 0.6 centimeters, they have a dark blue color and a bluish coating. Cultivated since 1664

The most popular among this species is such a cultivar as Blue Arrow. It has several forms: pin-shaped, columnar and shrubby. Among them are Gray Oul, Glauka and Boskop Purple, which have blue needles, Robusta Green and Fastigiata - greenish-blue needles, Canaertia - dark green needles, Silver Spreader - greenish-silver needles.

Juniper horizontal or prostrate (Juniperus horizontalis)

Under natural conditions, this plant can be found in Canada and the USA. It prefers to grow in the mountains, on the sandy shores of rivers and lakes, as well as on hillsides. This creeping form can reach a height of about 100 centimeters. It has long branches with densely arranged tetrahedral shoots, painted in a greenish-blue color. The needles can be green or blue, but in winter it has a brownish tint. In diameter, the fruits can reach 0.9 centimeters, they have a black and blue color and a light blue bloom. cultivated this species since 1840. Most popular forms:

1. Andorra Compacta- this cultivar in height can reach from 30 to 40 centimeters. The crown diameter is approximately 100 centimeters, and it has a pillow shape. Branches rise obliquely upwards. The small, scaly needles are greenish-gray, but turn purple in winter.
2. Plumosa (Andorra Jupiter)- in height, such a creeping shrub can reach up to half a meter, and in width - about 2.5 meters. Branches lie on the surface of the ground. On the feather-like branches are awl-shaped needles. The needles are painted in a light greenish-gray color, but in winter they turn purple.
3. Prince of Wales- the height of this creeping shrub can reach 30 centimeters, while the crown has a diameter of up to 250 centimeters. The bark has a brown color. Thick blue needles in winter acquire a light red hue.

Juniper Cossack (Juniperus sabina)

In height, this creeping shrub can reach 150 centimeters. It quickly expands in width, resulting in the formation of dense thickets. Less commonly, tree-like forms can be found, their curved trunks can reach a height of 4 meters. This species has 2 types of greenish-blue needles, namely: in young specimens - needle-shaped, in adults - scaly. This shrub has salient feature, if you grind its needles or shoot, you can feel a pungent smell. This is due to the fact that the plant contains sabinol (poisonous essential oil). Cultivated since 1584. Most popular forms:

1. Capressifolia- in height, this undersized shrub can reach half a meter. It has a wide crown. Shoots prostrate, depart from the base of the plant and rise up. Scaly needles have a bluish-green color. At the bottom of the crown sometimes comes across needle needles.
2. Femina- this shrub reaches a height of 150 centimeters, and its crown has a diameter of about 500 centimeters. The color of the bark is brown-red, while on the shoots it is dark green. The scaly needles smell unpleasant and are poisonous, painted dark green.
3. Mas- a bush in height can reach from 150 to 200 centimeters, while the crown has a diameter of about 8 meters. The color of the bark is grayish-red. In the lower part of the crown there are needle-shaped pointed needles of green color, and in the upper part - gray.

Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

This is a tree with a pyramidal crown, which reaches a height of 8 to 10 meters. However, sometimes there is a shrub pressed to the ground or prostrate. The exfoliating bark is greyish-red, and the shoots are dark green. The foliage is scaly, but at the bottom of the crown or in young specimens there are prickly needle needles. Popular varieties:

1. Strict- narrow-pointed plant strongly branched. The branches are evenly spaced and are raised. Straight shoots are quite short. The needles are needle-like, in the upper part it has a bluish-green color, and in the lower part it is as if covered with frost. In winter, the needles turn yellow-gray.
2. Olympia It is a narrow columnar form. The branches are raised, the branches are short. There are 2 types of needles: scaly light blue and needle bluish green.
3. Japanese- a dwarf form, creeping is found, as well as pin-shaped, reaching a height of 200 centimeters. The short branches are quite dense. The spiny, scaly sharp foliage is painted in pale green.
4. Gold Coast- in height, such a shrub can reach 100 centimeters, while the diameter of the crown is 300 centimeters. The needles are yellowish-gold, it becomes darker after autumn comes.

Rock Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum)

This plant is native to North America. The species is represented by a shrub or tree, which reaches a height of 18 meters. The crown starts almost from the base and has a spherical shape. Young shoots have a thickness of 15 mm, they are painted in pale green or bluish-green. In most cases, scaly needles are found, but there are also needle-shaped leaves. On the surface of dark blue fruits there is a bluish coating. Popular varieties:

1. Repens is a creeping shrub. On low-stemming branches there are feather-like branches that rush upwards. The needle-like leaves are about 0.5 centimeters long, they are blue above and bluish-green below.
2. springbank- the height of such a narrow-shaped juniper is about 200 centimeters. Its upper branches are flexible and spaced apart, and the tips of the shoots are almost filiform. Scaly needles have a bluish-silver color.
3. Skyrocket- Dutch tall cultivar with a narrow habit. When the age of the plant reaches 3 years, then its height will be 10 meters. There are straight shoots and greenish-gray needles.

Scaly juniper (Juniperus squamata)

This species is quite variable, and it is represented by an evergreen shrub that can reach a height of 150 centimeters. The color of the bark is dark brown. Stiff, sharp, lanceolate needles are dark green below, and above it has a whitish tint due to stomatal bands. Fruit color is black. Cultivated since 1824. Popular varieties:

1. Blue Star- in height, the dwarf Dutch cultivar reaches 100 centimeters. The diameter of the dense crown of a semicircular shape is about 200 centimeters. The needles are whitish-blue, it looks most beautiful in late spring and early summer.
2. Meyeri- decorative form of a bush. While the plant is young, it branches strongly, and the height of an adult specimen varies from 2 to 5 meters. The needles are very beautiful bluish-white.
3. Roderi- upright shrub has a pin-shaped dense shape. Its height is about 150 centimeters. Needle-shaped short leaves are quite sharp, they are blue on top and green below.

Juniperus medium (Juniperus x media)

This hybrid was obtained by crossing Chinese and Cossack juniper. This shrub has arched shoots with drooping ends. There are two types of needles: inside the crown it is needle-shaped, and the rest is scaly. During growth, it has a pale green color, but darkens with time. The height of adult plants is 300 centimeters, while the width is 500 centimeters.

The most popular variety is Mint Julep. This is a spreading shrub, characterized by rapid growth. The shape of the crown is wavy. At the age of ten, the height of the plant is 150 centimeters, and the width is 300 centimeters. Since the size of the shrub is quite large, it is often planted in large gardens and parks.

Also cultivated are such species as: Dahurian, recumbent or declining, false Cossack, oblong, Sargent, Siberian, hard, Turkestan. And also other types of varieties and forms.

juniper properties

Medicinal properties

For a long time, such a plant is considered a cure for any disease. Young shoots and roots are considered medicinal, but cones are often used for treatment. The roots will help cure tuberculosis, bronchitis, skin diseases, stomach ulcers. The plant relieves toothache, swelling, normalizes the work of the heart, removes inflammation in the lung and bronchial tissue, normalizes blood pressure and blood circulation, eliminates constipation. A decoction of the branches is used to treat diathesis. The needles have a powerful antibacterial effect, which is stronger than that of other plants. The composition of fruits includes carbohydrates, wax, sugars, dyes and tannins, organic acids, vitamins, iron, manganese, copper, aluminum and essential oil, which has a choleretic, antimicrobial, diuretic and expectorant effect. From a decoction of the fruit, compresses are made on inflamed joints, and it is added to the bath for rheumatism and gout. The decoction taken orally helps to improve appetite and digestive processes, increase the separation of bile and improve intestinal motility.

Recipe for decoction of fruits: crush 1 large spoonful of fruits and add them to 200 grams of freshly boiled water. Let simmer for 10 min. The broth should be infused for 30 minutes, strain.

Contraindications

Juniper funds should not be taken during pregnancy, severe hypertension, acute inflammation of the kidneys and individual intolerance.

Of all the junipers, the Cossack is considered the most poisonous. But at the same time, it is one of the most spectacular shrubs among all types of juniper and one of the most unpretentious. Everything in it is poisonous - stems, foliage and berries, but this did not affect its popularity in Russia at all. It’s just that when growing conifers, simple safety rules must be observed.

Juniper Cossack (Juniperus sabina) - description

• In Russia, it is found in the mountains of the Caucasus, Crimea, the southern Urals, Kazakhstan and Altai, in Siberia.
• This is creeping shrub, semi-creeping forms are often found, which rise above the ground to a height of 1-1.5 meters. It grows rapidly in width, as the shoots in contact with the ground take root well on their own and form extensive dense thickets.
• Although growing very slowly, for example, in the Moscow region for 1 year of life adds only 6-8 cm.
• Trunks dressed in red-brown bark with exfoliating scales.

• On young plants needles needle-shaped with a pointed tip. Their length is 4-6 mm. The upper side of the needles is bluish-green and soft with a distinct vein in the middle.
• In matured individuals, the needles are scaly, hard. If you rub a few needles in the palm of your hand, the sharp smell that appears will not allow you to confuse the species with other junipers.

• Bloom comes in April-May.
• Berries very small and almost spherical, 5-10 mm in size. They are like brown-black beads with a bluish bloom, scattered in blue-green coniferous “wool”. It is very easy to distinguish them from the edible common juniper berries. Inside the berry of the Cossack species there are only two seeds, while the common juniper has three.

1. Juniper Cossack tolerates winter cooling well. It is tolerant of drought and the harsh conditions of the city - smoke and gases. He loves sunny places and is not at all picky about the composition of the soil.
2. Only young plants in the period of active growth require regular watering. Mature plants are not demanding on moisture.
3. Needs feeding in early spring. On very fertile soils, it may lose its typical crown shape.
4. For the winter, shelters will be required if the bush is tall and large. And then this is only necessary so that the branches do not break from the snow, especially in spring, when it swells with moisture.
5. Pruning is painless.

Juniper berries and oil are toxic!

Ephedra shoots are endowed with essential oil - sabinol. Do not forget about the toxicity of the plant.

Even in ancient times, one of the founders of botany, Dioscorides, mentions the conifer. Interestingly, the sabinol oil contained in the branches and cones of the plant has an abortive effect.

There is a tradition that the species got its name from the name (Sabina) of the riotous woman who discovered this property. In some countries, there is even a ban on planting the species in public places.

Cossack juniper berries also cause severe uterine bleeding. In case of poisoning with berries, a spasm can occur, and even paralysis. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to eat them, unlike ordinary juniper berries, which are used in the preparation of dishes and drinks.

Place on the site

• The plant is great for hedges.
• Will become addition to an arsenal of plants of a stony garden.
• Crowded group plantings can be placed on a spacious green lawn.
• Coniferous bushes are not only sources of extraordinary beauty, but also a real storehouse of benefits for the site. The drooping branches take root well and form, as it were, a reinforcing mesh for the soil layers. If planted on slopes or near groundwater, the roots of the plants will perfectly strengthen the soil, which will prevent erosion.
• From plants, you can create wide borders along paths and paths.

No matter how beautiful it is, if small children grow up in the house, it is better to pick it up. Because of its berries and stems, Cossack juniper was included in the group of 15 most toxic garden plants. And among the huge selection of juniper species, you can always find one that is perfect for you.

The owners of garden plots treat their allotments not only as a means of obtaining food. For many, this is an opportunity to show their design skills by planting not only fruit, but also ornamental plants. Choosing to decorate a dacha among coniferous trees, sometimes people wonder what to prefer, and how thuja differs from juniper.

Thuja and juniper

Both conifers belong to the same family - Cypress, therefore they are very similar in appearance. It is this similarity that confuses inexperienced designers. But if you look closely at the needles, then in adult plants they may vary. In the juniper, the leaves remain needle-shaped, but in the thuja they change with age, turning into scaly.

According to the shape of the crown, it is also difficult at first glance to figure out where the junipers and thujas are - both members of the family can be cypress-shaped or spherical. Among these plants there are varieties: from indoor to park.

All Cypress are among the oldest representatives of the earth's flora. Shrubs and trees have a long lifespan, calculated in centuries. Therefore, beautiful plants are so often used in landscape design.

Thuja and juniper

Cypress trees are also valued for their healing aroma. Where these trees grow, the air is particularly clean. Conifers are valued for useful composition, which in junipers, arborvitae, cypresses is almost identical.

Distinctive features

Despite the external similarity, there are differences between the representatives of conifers. Knowing the biological characteristics of plants, it is easier to navigate in the choice of a particular tree or bush.

thuja

The tree-like thuja grows quickly, sometimes reaching a height of 70 m with a girth of 6 m in diameter. But most often in garden plots you can find a pyramidal or sprawling shrub, up to 7 m high, with branches located in the same plane. This variety is called western thuja. It is cultivated in any conditions, but, despite frost resistance, does not take root in the Far North.

The trunk of the thuja is smooth, usually gray. By old age, the bark becomes longitudinally fibrous and peels off in narrow ribbons. Scaly small needles are tightly pressed to each other. On short branches, oblong (7-12 mm) cones are bent to the bottom. They usually contain 2 seeds.

Thuja blooms from April to May. Already from June to September, you can harvest fresh branches for medicinal purposes.

Each element of the plant contains useful components:

• in the needles - resins, essential oils with a pleasant smell and a yellow tint (thujone, cinene, cardiophyllene, pinin, etc.); tannins and flavonoids;
• in seeds - essential oils in high concentration;
• in wood - toxifollin, aromadendrin.

Preparations from thuja are used in homeopathy, oriental medicine. Domestic healers introduce it into recipes for the treatment of cystitis, prostate, rheumatism, urinary incontinence. Recommended thuja from worms, papillomas, warts. Coniferous-based products help dissolve scars and neoplasms. Infusions cleanse and whiten the skin, treat inflammation in the hair follicles.

Juniper

The first difference between thuja and juniper is that the latter is much shorter in stature. Trees on average reach 3 meters, although there are also individuals 5 times higher. There are also low-growing shrubs, almost creeping along the ground. It is by them that juniper can be distinguished - such individuals are not found in thuja.

Note! The plant has a strongly branched stem. The twigs are dotted with sharp, stiff, awl-shaped linear leaves, collected 3 pieces in each ring.

The flowers are dioecious, axillary and differ from each other:

• men's resemble earrings;
• female are spherical cones.

Juniper blossoms in May, and begins to bear fruit in October-November of the following year, giving a fleshy cone. It is small, with a bluish bloom, contains 3 seeds inside. Most varieties have edible fruits.

AT wild nature juniper is found not only in pine forests, but also in mixed forests, on the slopes of mountains, dry hills, near rivers, and sometimes in moss swamps. Cultivated in Russia everywhere.

AT decorative design the plant has been used for a long time, juniper was used as a medicinal raw material by the ancient Egyptians, Romans, Greeks.

Juniper

The plant really has a very powerful composition:

• in fruits - up to 40% sugars, 10% resins, 2% essential oils; contains acids (formic, acetic, malic), vitamin C, camphor;
• needles are rich in ascorbic and rhodionic acids, which provide a powerful bactericidal effect.

This property is the main distinguishing feature of juniper essential oils, which cannot be compared with any other plant.

Additional Information. For example, a juniper forest covering an area of ​​1 hectare is able to improve the air of a metropolis in a day.

The healing smell is one of the factors stimulating to plant this plant on your site. There is no such field of medicine in which the juniper berry would not give an effect. It is used fresh, dried, medicinal tinctures, decoctions, syrups are made. A small bottle of essential oil can be bought at a pharmacy. In the food industry, the fruits are used as a spice in the production of vodkas and liqueurs.

Landing features

Cypress growing conditions almost do not differ from each other.

Regardless of the shape of the crown, the height of the thuja cypress juniper plant is planted taking into account the same requirements:

• seedlings are purchased exclusively with an earthen clod so that the roots do not dry out, otherwise the plant will disappear;
• before planting in a pit, an earthen lump must be watered;
• the landing pit is made larger in diameter and depth than the size of the coma - a man's palm should be placed between it and the earthen wall;
• when installing the plant in a recess, they try to keep the root neck at ground level;
• air gaps in the pit are covered with a special soil mixture (see table below).

Each plant will thrive if planted according to the requirements of the species.

Individual requirements Cypress

* When choosing a soil mixture for junipers, take into account varietal characteristics:

• Siberian prefers sandstones;
• Cossack - calcareous soils;
• virginian - clayey.

Note! Most junipers settle on soils in which coal is present. Therefore, it is recommended to add a few pieces of this breed to the bottom when planting.

Care

In the process of growing thuja and juniper, there is no particular difference. Both representatives of the Cypress need watering with a long absence of precipitation - at least 5 liters of water are needed for each plant.

Trees and shrubs are fed once a year, in spring. During loosening, complex fertilizer is applied to the soil. Regularly monitor that the surface layer of the earth is not covered with a hard crust. Weeding conifers need only the first 2-3 years after planting.

juniper care

As for pruning, only sanitary ones are required, which are carried out as needed in autumn or spring. There are no schemes for regulating fruiting even for junipers. The formation of the crown is carried out exclusively for decorative purposes.

Diseases and pests of conifers practically do not annoy. But Cypress themselves become a good defense for the plants adjacent to them.

What is better to plant on the site

Both members of the family fit perfectly into the landscape of any site. Therefore, the difference is small, what to choose if there are no special requirements. It is better to pay more attention to the selection of a place, given the size of an adult plant.

It is also worth knowing that thujas develop rapidly and live for about 100 years. Junipers, on the contrary, grow very slowly and are real centenarians - their average age is 500 years.

Possessing healing properties, both varieties will be appropriate on garden plot. But juniper is more profitable in the sense that it is also a good fruit edible berries. But thuja seedlings are cheaper, and it is more profitable to buy them for hedges.

A few words about design

Having figured out how to properly plant thuja boxwood and juniper on the site, they solve the following question: for what purpose is this done. If the thuja is used as green spaces along the perimeter of the territory, then the juniper is planted either in small groups or singly. The flower arrangement of the alpine hill looks great, where the creeping juniper bush occupies a central place.

Among cypress trees there is a truly unique plant - the microbiota is cross-paired. She alone represents a genus of microbiota, found only in the highlands of the Sikhote-Alin in the Far East. This exclusivity and reduction of the area became the reason for entering into the Red Book of Russia. The plant, discovered less than a century ago, is the focus of gardeners. The microbiota grows on stony soils, the upward growth rate is slow, but spreads well in breadth. Forms a dense pillow on which you can lie down as an experiment. The microbiota is found in rock gardens, convenient as a groundcover. In winter, it darkens, acquiring shades of bronze and copper.

Lusitanian or Mexican - famous for its many forms and color palette;

When to buy and plant seedlings?

In the front area - columnar thuja, in the recreation area - juniper.

IMHO thuja.

Blanks for a new soap from thuja and juniper ...

• Well, what could be easier. Thuja has oval microstrobiles. And she has 4 microsporangia. And in juniper, microstrobili are round and microsporangia are 2-6. And the cones of the thuja are ovate-oblong, and those of the juniper are round (they are also called juniper berries). but in general they are the closest relatives.

​02:46 But if you need to fix a slope or a slope on your site, if you need to decorate an alpine hill, then you will obviously not find anything better than creeping forms or ground covers, better than junipers.​

How to choose the right rose seedlings?

"Thuja" in translation means "sacrifice" or "incense". It was named so because during the ancient rituals there was a pleasant smell when the fragrant wood of the tree was burned.

When buying seedlings, you must carefully examine the proposed samples. A plant with a dry, wrinkled stem and spotty leaves is by no means healthy. In addition, a quality sample should not have mold lesions and cracks. Normally, rose seedlings have at least three shoots of uniform green color (grafted specimens) or sufficiently developed roots white color(own-root). It is desirable that the buds on the seedlings are at rest.

• seedling Thuya
• Cypress trees combined the evergreen beauty of conifers and enriched it with their diversity. Macnaba cypress is a tall broad-pyramidal tree, has an unusual coniferous-lemon aroma.
• And I am for juniper, it grows with me, and thujas die.

Planted 10 years ago in a cemetery, every 2 years we cut only with secateurs.

• How similar they are! ... I only recently began to distinguish what grows where

Thuja is an evergreen plant

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​02:58 Now let's compare these plants according to their growing conditions. Here the thuja perfectly tolerates the smoky, gassed, dusty air of our city streets. Junipers, on the contrary, suffer from dusty, gassed air. At the same time, juniper plants are frost-resistant, drought-resistant and not demanding on soil conditions.

Tui are slow growing coniferous trees with a very dense crown. The color of the bark depends on age: in a young plant - red bark, gray-brown with age. The wood is strong and at the same time soft, the crown can take various forms. Thuja needles are dense, scaly and lying crosswise (however, there are varieties that have soft needles). All varieties have a characteristic pleasant aroma. Inconspicuous cones and flowers can form on thuja. It contains 5 species that are located in North America and East Asia.​

Seedlings are distinguished:

In order to quickly enjoy the beauty of various flowers on your site, you should buy seedlings. After all, growing them from seeds is a long and laborious process. Such plants do not always have time to please the owners with flowers due to the lack of light, heat and the inconsistency of other climatic factors.

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Which is better: juniper or thuja?

Tuya...
The company "PozitivProekt" offers services for the improvement and landscaping of sites - we have high quality and reasonable prices.​
If you delve into history in search of the first conifer that conquered the plots and gardens of Russians, then it will be juniper. The forest dweller was liked by gardeners not only of the PozitivProekt company: it is fantastically unpretentious, more than 50 of its species are known. This native of the temperate zones of America and Europe is universal, common in the Caucasus, Siberia, mixed forests of Russia.
Cypress trees have been admired for centuries, legends and poems have been written about them. Plants of this family are dense shrubs and trees ascending to the sky. They are called evergreens, although junipers and arborvitae and other colors have taken root in gardens and parks: blue, silver and even yellow. The name of the whole family was given by cypress - a slender tree of a pyramidal shape. Other large-sized trees are not inferior to the sacred and very expensive tree. Among them are quite exotic for our latitudes sequoia, metasequoia, fitzroy, callitris, cryptomeria, taxodia.
And so she grows norms)))
... All the evergreens in the yard were planted by Alyoshenka (thank you! :) ... He dug up young growth in the woods and planted them in the yard :) ... Once upon a time there was a juniper grove near us, but it was barbarously cut down and built there mansions ... But the coniferous descendants of this grove grow with us;))..
And what does thuja look like. Maybe it's just some local name for the mozhelnik?
03:39 The fact is that the root system of junipers goes tens of meters deep into the soil and extracts nutrients and the necessary moisture from a great depth. Thuja is considered an unpretentious and light-loving plant, but unlike juniper, it can grow even in the shade.
At the beginning of the 16th century, the king of France gave the thuja the name "tree of life". To this day, this has remained her middle name.
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There are many classifications of seedlings. By the time of cultivation, it is early, middle and late.
This is thuja. Juniper "soft".
This is thuja. The juniper has very prickly needles, the thuja does not.

What is the difference between thuja and juniper (or how to distinguish them)?

Oksana M

​Plant juniper shrubs in clusters scattered around the garden to fill the space with fresh green accents even in the off-season. A favorite technique of landscape designers is to plant these plants as a backdrop against walls, fences and beyond. Spectacular symmetrical junipers at the entrance to the house or gazebo, along the paths. Using juniper, repeating their groups, a connecting rhythm is set for the garden composition.

Cypress - conifers with their own characteristics. Their needle needles are replaced by scales or leaves of a linear-lanceolate shape. Plants are predominantly dioecious, male and female cones are diverse. There are species that reproduce by cone berries (juniper). Almost all cypress, adapted to gardens, easily tolerate a haircut, maintaining a given shape for a long time.​

fven

Yes, and I personally like needles more. It has a healing effect on me. When the allergy gets out - I go to the coniferous forest, it goes away right away.

Virgo

In the first photo in my hands I have an oriental thuja ..
Juniper grows in our lane, and thuja is a southerner (at least you won’t find it in our forests).

Miss Sixty

03:59 Thuja is more demanding on soils. It requires rich soils. If you grow it on poor sandy soils, you will, of course, need regular top dressing.

Vasilisa

Tui also tolerate shearing and transplanting, which is why they are very often used in landscape design and creating a variety of architectural forms. This plant has a high gas resistance, which allows them to be used in landscaping modern cities, as well as various industrial facilities. Green building uses thuja not only in group, but also in single plantings, as well as in the formation of alleys, green walls and hedges. With their branching density and dense crown, they compare favorably with the trees of our flora and can often be perceived as plants that are alien to it. And this adds even more mystery and charm.​

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- represented by a rosehip root with a scion of a cultivated rose. Equipped with a stronger root, thanks to which they are more stable and develop very actively in the first years of life.

Thuja and juniper..

This is thuja. Juniper berries are round and blue when ripe.

Juniper In Central Asia, another representative of the junipers is revered - juniper (Turkestan, Zeravshan). This is the name of almost all conifers, but it is the junipers that are able to stay on the steep mountain slopes, fastening the crumbling layer of fertile soil with their roots. The higher the mountain belt, the more squat the types of juniper become, they creep along the ground.

The cypress was called the tree of the gods; among different peoples, it symbolized either life or eternal sorrow and peace. The Romans planted it when a child was born. The conquerors in ancient times ordered to dismantle the buildings for the sake of valuable timber. And from the conquered countries they brought home the looted wealth and precious wood as trophies. Cypress trees were planted near temples and alleys were laid out of them in cities. This species manages to easily take root in urban environments. The strict and noble silhouette of the tree is associated with Greece, Italy and the Crimean embankments.​

both are capricious. what to plant is a matter of taste.

The juniper has needles that look like needles, while the needles of the thuja are flattened, as it were.

04:17 In the same way, it should be borne in mind that the thuja plant is moisture-loving and can even grow on soils where groundwater is high. Although in adulthood, when the tree has been growing for several years, it is also drought-resistant in principle.

What is better to plant - high juniper or thuja?

Lesnaya

If you decide to buy a thuja for landscape design, then you will not regret growing an original beautiful tree with oriental flavor on your site!

Jesper's

Own-rooted
It is advisable to purchase seedlings immediately before planting in the ground. Its most optimal terms are indicated in the manuals for gardeners, and sometimes on the packaging with the plant. If you decide to buy seedlings in advance, take care of a sufficiently lit place to store them in advance. Also, do not forget to provide the plants with sufficient watering.
It’s definitely thuja!
This is thuja.

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Age-old trees serve as objects of worship, historical and religious events are associated with them. These old-timers have intricately intertwined trunks, spreading crowns and a rich past. Archa for local residents is not just a rescue from landslides, but also a guarantee of the continuation of life, natural balance. Vast massifs of juniper (junipers) are protected by law and are protected areas. The biggest tragedy is forest fires that burn trees and all chances for the restoration of the natural environment.​
How are cypress trees planted? Those who are deterred by their cost successfully germinate seeds from cones. Their germination is good, you should follow the optimal moisture content of the earthen coma. Some gardeners pick up pots for small seedlings, bring them into the greenhouse or home for the first wintering. Larger specimens are rooted in the ground. The main rule when planting cypress trees: cypress trees should gradually get used to the sun; out of habit, it burns young shoots. The use of awnings and sunscreens during the period of establishment of a young plant is justified. Cypress trees prefer shady areas, timely watering, sprinkling.

Olga

For health - juniper.

Taboo

And this is a Cossack juniper.

Larisa

Thuja blooms, but juniper does not.

Irina Vladimirovna

BERGENIA

In this video, our expert will tell you which plant is better: juniper or thuja? Pick up coniferous plants you can follow the link http://greensad.ua/category/hvojnye-r...​

Cypress plants in your garden - thuja, juniper, juniper. PositiveProject - landscape design

- have a personal root system. Their roots are weaker, but over the years, such roses become much more productive than grafted ones.

When choosing seedlings, do not be too lazy to carefully examine it. Never settle for buying unhealthy-looking, damaged, or wilted plants. After all, such plants will be sick for a long time before they reach normal size and bloom.

Cypress - the tree of eternity

The differences are external, "foliage", structures of "foliage", shapes, fruits.

This is thuja.

Archa is healing, which is typical for most junipers. Essential oils, saturated with vitamin C, tannins and phytoncides, are described in the recipes of ancient healers. The strongest biostimulant should be used only on the recommendation of a doctor.​

• Cypress has many decorative and at the same time unpretentious varieties. Kashmir cypress is recognized as the most capricious: due to frost intolerance, it is cultivated indoors. In the open field, the following types of cypress perfectly adapt and quickly rush up:
• I love juniper more HE smells like pine needles
• The easiest way to distinguish them is that the juniper is prickly, but the thuja is not :).. And of course they have different berries :)
• Juniper is widely used in medicine, but there is no thuja, it is recommended for hedges.

Juniper - the northern counterpart of cypress

​04:45 Especially if you have severe winters so that they don't just freeze. And some varieties stand at the end of winter, at the beginning of spring it is worth shading. Because they have the ability to burn.

​00:54 You can find similar forms in both plants. Let's say the popular thuja of the columna variety is even, really like a column. Blue Arrow Juniper looks exactly the same. The same smooth, clear silhouette.

Archa - a tree that saves lives

What else should you know about rose seedlings?

The optimal conditions for planting seedlings are cloudy weather (or evening time), which allows you to create gentle conditions for the plants necessary for their high-quality adaptation.

Distinguishing thuja, cypress, cypress, and junipers with very short needles is very difficult, but you can by the cones, junipers generally have cones.

Thuja is a favorite of gardeners

Tuika.

Another guest from America and East Asia, who has become a favorite of many landscape designers and connoisseurs of beautiful gardens. The scientific literature describes five types of arborvitae: eastern, western, folded (giant), Japanese, Korean. And there are much more bred varieties with certain parameters. The most popular are shrubby and medium-sized forms of western and eastern thuja with classic crowns in the form of a pyramid, column, ball or umbrella specimens (Aurea and its hybrids, Lutescens, Pyramidalis Douglasi, Fastigiata). The color of the thuja is not very intense, it mainly has yellowish tones in color.

The microbiota is one of a kind

evergreen (aka common);

Thuja, in my opinion, is less whimsical, and can grow in partial shade ... And juniper needs sun. But of course the smell of pine needles, especially in rainy or hot weather, is awesome from it)

I ground the twigs and berries in a blender with water ... It turned out to be a thick oily mass .. I already cooked soap on it ..

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Can you please tell me if this is thuja or juniper?

Olga

The easiest way to distinguish by touch is prickly juniper.

PersonaNonGrata

​05:02 Now let's talk about the benefits. As a matter of fact, like all coniferous plants, both thuja and juniper are certainly useful. But juniper is perhaps the champion in this area.​

Alex

​01:41 Now let's compare these plants by color factor. In addition to the natural green color, both juniper and thuja can now be pampered with literally any color: green, blue, yellow.

Olga Bezrukova

Read more about the most favorable time of purchase, about watering and fertilizing, as well as about the propagation of rose seedlings.

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Rose seedlings

MarilynMurlo

Cypress and thuja, I don't have juniper

Olga Usatova

Pink

Thuya - perfect option for filling a hedge or landscaping in general. In the group, it is customary to combine it with fir, yellow pine, cypress, hemlock. It is democratic in care, tolerates pruning well, pleases with freshness and a special coniferous aroma. The plant has a reputation for longevity, needs watering and protection from the sun in the heat, in severe frosts - in shelter.

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