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JUNIPERUS
Commonly known as Juniper
Well-known for its essential oil and culinary use (gin - from the Dutch genever) as well as its ornamental use as a garden plant in many forms from trees to rockery subjects.
Genus of 50-60 species of coniferous, evergreen shrubs and tall trees from dry forests and hillsides throughout the northern hemisphere.
J. communis is the UK native, found on moors, chalk downland, birch and pinewoods. A possible subspecies, hemisphaerica, very rare and on the Lizard peninsula is being propagated.
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EvergreenTrees and shrubs. Juvenile leaves usually needle-like, adult leaves scale-like.
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Conifer
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Dwarf shrubTypically only grows to a maximum of one or two feet in height but there will be some exceptions.
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Medium shrubTypically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Tall Shrub
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Tree
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Additional FeaturesGood to knowVarious species for specimen plants, rock gardens and ground cover.Place of originNorthern hemishpere.
Buy Varieties of JUNIPERUS
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. JUNIPERUS communis 'Compressa'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/juniperus_comp_compressa_2401a.jpg)
JUNIPERUS communis 'Compressa'
miniature pencil-shaped conifer ideal for rock gardens
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. JUNIPERUS communis 'Repanda'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/juniperus_communis_repanda_2402a.jpg)
JUNIPERUS communis 'Repanda'
green prostrate, good ground cover
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. JUNIPERUS horizontalis 'Limeglow'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/juniperus_limeglow_6608.jpg)
JUNIPERUS horizontalis 'Limeglow'
vibrant greenish-yellow foliage in spring turning through orange-yellow in autumn and bronze in winter
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. JUNIPERUS x media 'Carbery Gold](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/juniperus_x_media_carbery_gold_2410a.jpg)
JUNIPERUS x media 'Carbery Gold
low and dense habit, foliage a striking greenish-yellow
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. JUNIPERUS procumbens 'Nana'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/juniperus_nana_6563.jpg)
JUNIPERUS procumbens 'Nana'
grey-green foliage. Forms a dense mat
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. JUNIPERUS scopulorum 'Skyrocket'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/Juniperus_scop_sky_rocket_2.jpg)
JUNIPERUS scopulorum 'Skyrocket'
narrow columnar habit and striking blue grey colour
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. JUNIPERUS squamata 'Blue Carpet'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/juniperus_squam_blue_carpet_2407aa.jpg)
JUNIPERUS squamata 'Blue Carpet'
low growing spreading branches, blue grey foliage
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. JUNIPERUS virginiana 'Blue Arrow'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/juniperus_virginiana_blue_arrow_2409.jpg)
JUNIPERUS virginiana 'Blue Arrow'
an even more striking habit and colour than 'Skyrocket'
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