Juniper scaly - evergreen low-spirited shrub with a luxurious scattered crown of a family of cypress. His homeland is the mountainous regions of China, East Himalayas and Taiwan Island, where he is known since 1824. In our latitudes, the plant also gets along perfectly and decorates its extraordinary beauty of the gardens, parks and summer cottages. Juniper attractively looks in compositions and unpretentious in leaving, he is the favorite of landscape designers and experienced gardeners.
Juniper scaly, description
Juniper scaly can be considered a coniferous long-liver, as its life cycle is about 600 years old! The plant of the tree, prostrate, fluttering shape with dense shoots, rounded in the cross section. Its needles are rigid (length 0.5-0.8 cm) from above has a grayish-blue shade, bottom is darker, green and has a thin coniferous aroma. It grows pretty slow, reaching 1.5 m in height. For the second year after planting on the plant, black brilliant bump-berries appear, oval shape, up to 7 cm in length, which ripen to May. Juniper scaly light-loving is recommended for landing on well-lit plots, but not frostable as other plants of the cypress family. In the case of a strong frost, individual branches can freeze, while the needle acquires a brown shade and dries out over time.
Juniper scaly - varieties
Among the decorative varieties of juniper, the following varieties are most common:
- "CLUE CARPET" (Blue Carpet)
This is one of the few varieties of juniper, which has a rapid growth, reaching a height of 0.6 meters to a decade. The plant has a fluttering crown whose branches are beautifully hanging down. Coffee color - blue with gray tint, needles - needle. "Vlue Carpet" perfectly felt both in the sunny section of the garden and in a half. The variety is drought-resistant and is not demanding to the soil, although it does not tolerate water stagnation. Choosing a place to plant a coniferous shrub, it is worth avoiding sites where the navals of snowy snowdrifts are possible. Thanks to the sprawl branches, it is wonderful to create flowning landings, border compositions, landscaping stony gardens, perfectly decorate balconies, roofs.
- "Blue Star" (Blue Star)
Blue Star refers to slowly growing shrubs, its height reaches from 0.5 to 1 m. It has a dense crown in the shape of a bowl with drooping shoots. The needles has a bright blue color with a noble silver tint. The grade is winter-hardy, prefers solar places, but also perfectly transfers the shadow. It grows in practically any conditions and undemanding to the composition of the soil. Blue Star is used to create luxurious original compositions and landing into borders.
- "MEYERI" (Maei)
An unusually attractive variety of juniper is a beautiful decorative form, which is often used by landscape designers to create garden compositions. A bush is a low, stealing, with hanging shoots, reaches a height from 30 cm to 1 meter. Coffee color - blue with white raid. The grade is not winter-hardening, it is recommended to cover it for the winter, ideal for creating a toopiary, suitable for landscaping the roofs.
- "Holger" (Harger)
Spacious decorative shrub, which reaches a height from 0.8 to 1 meter. We love landscape designers for an unusual combination of green color of the needles and the yellowish ends of the shoots, a variety of attractive decorative appearance. The plant needs moderately dry soils, prefers sunny places on the plot.
Landing juniper scaly
How to plant juniper scaly? In order not to damage the delicate root of the coniferous shrub, it is recommended to use the "Turning" method along with an earthen room. For landing of the juniper, the scaly choose a well-lit place on the plot, in the shade of the plant can acquire fuzzy outlines, become loose and will lose its attractiveness. Although partial shading tolerates well. When landing, it is desirable to observe the distance between small instances - from 0.5 to 1 meter, and for large - up to 2 meters.
When transplanting the plant into open ground from the container, it is recommended to impregnate with an earthen car in water within a few hours. The depth of the landing pit should be several times more than the volume of the root system of the plant, including an earth's com, about 70 cm. On the bottom of the landing pits, the drainage is laid, 20 cm high. Saw large plant, the root neck must be 10x above the level of the pit For the young juniper - at the level of the pit of the pit. To the composition and fertility of the soil juniper are not demanding. Putting a shrub, do not fit the ground around the planted plant, give the soil to settle.
Juniper Scaly - Care
Juniper scaly unpretentious in leaving and easily adapts to any conditions. However, in hot, dry weather, especially during active growth, needs moderate watering and in the crown sprinkle. After watering and removing weeds, the soil needs loosen at a small depth.
Spray shrub crown is better early in the morning or after sunset so that the plant does not get burns. In the sultry days juniper scaly must be pronounced by protecting against scoring sunlight. Also, the coniferous shrub is sensitive to the rays of the sun in early spring, during this period it is advisable to cover it. The plant perfectly tolerates trimming, which is to remove dry branches. Cutting the branches, keep care and wear gloves, as the toxic substances contained in the juice of juniper, irritate the skin. After watering and removing weeds, the soil needs loosen at a small depth.
The reproduction of juniper scaly
The sharpening forms of juniper breeds or seeds, which are planted in the fall in the boxes, and in the spring, shoots are transplanted into open ground. In reproduction, the cuttings are cut together with part of the wood and put them for 24 hours in the growth stimulator, then in the sandbox (peat) and covered with a film. Periodically, the plant should be sprayed. Already after its rooting, the plant landed into the ground.
The coniferous decorative shrub in landscape design is used both a single plant and to create small groups of parking plants. The lowered plants with splashing hanging branches are attractive and fabulously look under the snow layer in winter. This is a real garden decoration, which will delight the eye all year round.
Juniper scaly, photo
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