Description
Juniperus virginiana Gray Owl- spreading wide coniferous shrub up to 1.5 m high and crown diameter up to 4 m. Annual growth is 15-20 cm. The needles are gray-green with a blue tint, 5-7 mm long. The horizontally growing branches are slightly raised, with thread-like feathery needles hanging at the ends, giving it a very attractive soft texture. Loves sunny places. It is undemanding to soil fertility and can grow on dry sandstones, but the most good conditions for juniper - these are light, moderately moist, well-drained soils.
| Size: | height 1.5-2 m, crown diameter 4-5 m. Crown dense, spreading. At 10 years of age, the height is 1.0 m and the diameter is 2.0-2.5 m. |
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| Needles: | scaly, gray-green with a blue tint. |
| Fruit: | bluish-white cone-berries. |
| Growth rate: | annual growth is 10 cm in height and up to 20 cm in width. |
| The soil: | undemanding to soils. Prefers light loams, fertile, well-permeable soils. Does not tolerate prolonged waterlogging. |
| Light: | prefers sunny places, but may suffer from spring sunburn. |
| Moisture: | drought-resistant, but does not tolerate dry air. |
| Frost resistance: | frost-resistant. |
| Purpose: | Single plantings and group plantings, alleys, for rocky and heather gardens, as a decorative hedge. |
Planting and caring for juniper Gray Owl
It is better to plant juniper in sunny places, slight shading is allowed. The distance between planted plants is from 0.5 to 2 m, depending on the size. The planting hole should be 2-3 times larger than the earthen ball and up to 70 cm deep for adult plants. At the bottom of the hole, make a drainage layer of sand or broken brick about 20 cm thick. When planting, it is important that the root collar is not buried.
Junipers prefer soil with a slightly acidic to neutral reaction (see). The soil mixture is made in a 2:1:1 ratio from peat, sand and turf land respectively. After planting, the plant needs to be watered abundantly for a week.
In dry summers it needs to be watered. Junipers do not tolerate dry air well, so it is advisable to sprinkle regularly. Fertilizers are applied once a year in the spring at the end of April or in May (nitroammofoska, Kemira-universal, etc.). Young plants need shallow loosening.
For the winter, the plants are sprinkled with peat with a layer thickness of 10 cm, and the young plants are covered with spruce branches. Columnar varieties may suffer from heavy snowfalls, so in the fall the branches are pressed to the trunk with tape or rope (see,).
Virginia juniper - evergreen cypress family. It is represented in a variety of species and is distributed almost throughout the entire earth.
Serves as decorative tool For decoration landscape areas, and also has applications in official medicine.
Landing characteristics:
- area saturated with light;
- The soil is suitable both acidic and alkaline. Dry and wet areas with drainage, poor in nutrients.
Peculiarities:
- frost-resistant;
- resistant to city climate;
- patient with industrial emissions;
- drought-resistant.
It should be remembered that any ornamental plant requires care and attention.
It is necessary to monitor the growth of bushes and take timely steps to necessary measures For favorable growth and vital activity of plantings.
Medicinal properties
Juniper is an assistant in getting rid of various diseases:
- depression;
- stress;
- atherosclerosis;
- inflammatory processes of the respiratory system;
- burns, bruises, ulcers.
It is very important to know that all methods of using juniper are used only as a preventive measure. In any case, you should consult a doctor, and medicinal properties coniferous shrubs will serve as an accelerator to healing. Strength and healing components will help cope and relieve symptoms along with medications.
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Juniper virginiana Gray Oul
Yalivets Virginia Gray Owl
Juniperus virginiana Gray Owl
Life Form: Evergreen, coniferous shrub.
Crown shape: Spreading.
Growth pattern: A decomposed shrub with powerful growth, shoots that descend to the ground take root, quickly moving forward. You can stop the progress of the plant and direct it upward by trimming young shoots and isolating the descending branches from contact with the ground. The annual growth is 10 cm in height, 15-30 cm in width. Reaches a height of 2 m, crown diameter is 5-7 m.
Needles: The needles are scaly, needle-shaped inside the crown, gray-blue, 0.5-0.7 cm long.
Fruit: Numerous dark blue, almost black, spherical coneberries up to 6 mm in diameter, standing out beautifully against the background of pine needles.
Trimming: No special pruning required. In spring, it is advisable to remove dry branches.
Relation to moisture / watering: Moderate, regular.
Relation to light: Light-loving, but tolerates slight shading.
Relation to soil: Low demands on soil fertility, grows better on sandy loam.
Frost resistance: Frost-resistant, withstands temperatures down to -34°C.
Application: used to strengthen slopes, for growing in containers, for large rocky gardens. It is used to decorate slopes and as a ground cover when decorating alpine slides.
It is better to buy juniper virginiana seedlings "Gray Oul" in plastic container with fertilizers, so the plant is not dug up with inevitable damage to the root system and is guaranteed to take root after planting.
Phytoncidity: Juniper virginiana is characterized by the highest phytoncidity - the ability of plants to secrete in small doses biologically active volatile substances - phytoncides that kill or suppress the growth and development of bacteria, microscopic fungi, small insects and protozoa. They increase the immunity of plants and people who regularly inhale air purified by phytoncides. In many European countries, tuberculosis dispensaries are required by law to be landscaped with junipers.
Note: develops well in city conditions.
Zone: 4
Buy Juniper virginiana Gray Oul in Kyiv at low prices and you can get advice at the PROXIMA plant nursery.
- spreading coniferous shrub. The horizontally growing branches are slightly raised, with thread-like feathery needles hanging at the ends. The needles are gray-green with a blue tint (5-7 mm long).Loves sunny places. Towards soil fertility Juniper virginiana Gray Oul undemanding. Can grow on dry sandstones. However, the best conditions for Juniperus virginiana Gray Owl- These are light, moderately moist, well-drained soils.
Looks impressive Juniper virginiana Gray Oul in single and group plantings.
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