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    JUNIPERUS
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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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    • Good to know
      Various species for specimen plants, rock gardens and ground cover.
    • Place of origin
      Northern hemishpere.
    • Evergreen
      Trees and shrubs. Juvenile leaves usually needle-like, adult leaves scale-like.
    • Conifer
    • Dwarf shrub
      Typically only grows to a maximum of one or two feet in height but there will be some exceptions.
    • Medium shrub
      Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
    • Tall Shrub
    • Tree
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    Varieties
    JUNIPERUS communis 'Compressa'
    Miniature pencil-shaped conifer ideal for rock gardens
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.50
    JUNIPERUS communis 'Repanda'
    Green prostrate, good ground cover
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.50
    JUNIPERUS horizontalis 'Limeglow'
    Vibrant greenish-yellow foliage in spring turning through orange-yellow in autumn and bronze in winter
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.50
    JUNIPERUS x media 'Carbery Gold
    Low and dense habit, foliage a striking greenish-yellow
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.50
    JUNIPERUS procumbens 'Nana'
    Grey-green foliage. Forms a dense mat
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.50
    JUNIPERUS scopulorum 'Skyrocket'
    Narrow columnar habit and striking blue grey colour
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.50
    Notify me
    Available again from summer 2025
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    JUNIPERUS squamata 'Blue Carpet'
    Flaky juniper, Scaly-leaved Nepal juniper
    Low growing spreading branches, blue grey foliage
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.50
    JUNIPERUS virginiana 'Blue Arrow'
    An even more striking habit and colour than 'Skyrocket'
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.50
    Also Large
    £45.00
    Notify me
    Estimated availability autumn 2025 Any time SEPT-DEC
    Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.
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    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
    Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
    Small - 60g sachet
    £3.00
    Medium - 150gm sachet
    £6.00
    Large - 360gram sachet
    £12.00
    Unavailable
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Grow Your Own
    AFTER PLANT GROW YOUR OWN seaweed is ready to use liquid concentrate that was specially formulated be used on all edible plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Wildflower Mini Meadow
    Creates a mini-meadow for attracting bees, butterflies and bugs to your garden. 200g sachet which will cover 3 square metres. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi.
    3m²
    £7.00
    10m²
    £15.50
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