#Common juniper full

But there are small yellow blooms which are not significant in appearance, and on female plants they are followed by 1/2' seed cones.

Flowers: Flower Color: Gold/Yellow Flower Inflorescence: Insignificant Flower Bloom Time: Spring Flower Size: < 1 inch Flower Description: As a conifer, there are not true flowers.

These will ripen to a dark-blue/black color.

Fruit: Fruit Color: Black Blue Green Fruit Value To Gardener: Edible Display/Harvest Time: Fall Fruit Width: < 1 inch Fruit Description: Although there are no true fruits, female plants will produce 1/2' green seed cones which are 'berry looking' (juniper berries).

#Common juniper full

Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Soil Texture: Clay Loam (Silt) Sand Shallow Rocky Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Occasionally Dry Very Dry Available Space To Plant: 12 inches-3 feet NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4b, 4a, 5b, 5a, 6b, 6a, 7b, 7a, 8a, 8b, 9b, 9a.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Shrub Tree Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Needled Evergreen Habit/Form: Columnar Dense Erect Growth Rate: Medium Maintenance: Low Texture: Medium Appendage: Prickles.Attributes: Genus: Juniperus Species: communis Family: Cupressaceae Life Cycle: Woody Edibility: The fruit is edible.Tags: #evergreen #small tree #heat tolerant #drought tolerant #native tree #blue green needles #native perennials #native shrub #low maintenance #dwarf #windbreak #air pollution tolerant #disease resistant #pest resistant #deer resistant #edible fruits #food source winter #food source fall #rocky soils tolerant #dry soils tolerant #fall color orange #native edible #erosion tolerant See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: Mites, borers, scale, and bagworms are some insects that may affect the health of this plant. Cedar apple rust and wilt are less serious. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Juniper blight can be a major issue. This dense evergreen will mature to a height of 2-6' and a narrow spread of 1-1.5'. Its silvery-blue foliage can be somewhat prickly.

'Compressa' is a dwarf, dense, erect, cone-shaped shrub with branches that are narrowly upright. Seeds/berries from the juniper have a variety of uses, one being the dominant flavoring of gin. In other conditions, it can grow more resembling a tree with a height of up to 45'. In harsh conditions, it can grow as a low-growing, spreading plant up to 12' tall. It grows best in full sun with medium moisture.ДЄlthough it typically grows as an erect, multi-stemmed shrub up to 3' in height, its location will affect its growth pattern. As well as being cold tolerant, it is also heat and humidity tolerant, making it the most widely growing conifer in the world native as far north as the Arctic Circle and as far south as North Carolina, and across Europe throughВ Asia. Juniperus communisВ or common juniper does it all. Phonetic Spelling jew-NIP-er-us KOM-yoo-nis Description