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J. chinensis ‘Blue Point’– Dense blue-green foliage is highlighted on a broad-pyramidal-shape juniper that rarely needs pruning to keep its formal look. This moderate-growing cultivar ...
Juniperus scopulorum is a small evergreen tree that in favorable conditions may reach as much as 20 metres (66 feet) in height. [4] However, on sites with little water or intense sun it will only attain shrub height, and even those that reach tree size will more typically be 4.6–6.1 metres (15–20 feet) tall in open juniper woodlands. [5]
Juniper berries are a spice used in a wide variety of culinary dishes and are best known for the primary flavoring in gin (and responsible for gin's name, which is a shortening of the Dutch word for juniper, jenever). A juniper-based spirit is made by fermenting juniper berries and water to create a "wine" that is then distilled.
There are about 40 species of juniper, 13 of which are native to North America. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
The cones are berry-like, 8–13 mm (5 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 2 in) in diameter, blue-brown with a whitish waxy bloom, and contain a single seed (rarely two); they mature in about 18 months and are eaten by birds and small mammals. [5] The male cones are 2–4 mm long, and shed their pollen in early spring.
The cones are berrylike, 7 to 13 mm (1 ⁄ 4 to 1 ⁄ 2 in) in diameter, blue-brown with a whitish waxy bloom, turning reddish-brown, and contain a single seed (rarely two or three). [5] The seeds are mature in about 8 or 9 months. The male cones are 2 to 4 mm (1 ⁄ 16 to 3 ⁄ 16 in) long and shed their pollen in early spring.
It is an evergreen shrub (rarely a small tree) reaching 2–10 metres (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 –33 feet) tall (rarely 15 m), with flaky brown bark, and a prostrate to irregularly-conical crown. The leaves are broad, needle-like, 3–9 millimetres ( 1 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 8 in) long, arranged in six ranks in alternating whorls of three, and often strongly a ...
The New Mexico juniper is an evergreen coniferous shrub or small tree growing to 2–7 metres (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 –23 feet) (rarely to 12 m) tall, usually multistemmed, and with a dense, rounded crown. The bark is gray-brown, exfoliating in thin longitudinal strips, exposing bright orange brown underneath. The ultimate shoots are 1.2–1.9 ...