One of the main features of coniferous plants is their ability to clean the air of pathogens and bacteria, saturating it with aromas of pine essential oils.Cypress family in parks, gardens and squares is a great evergreen dwarf plant - a juniper.Prostrate shrub, growing to a height of no more than 1-1.5 meters, crawling on the ground rather than pulled up.His birthplace - Eastern Himalayas and the mountainous regions of China.It forms dense thickets and is a great ornamental plant.In total, there are about 70 varieties of juniper, and each in its own beautiful and unique.All junipers shaped needles are divided into scaly and needle-like.However, there are varieties that combine both forms.
Description
Blue Carpet Juniper scaly, also belonging to the group of flat-growing shrubs, is one of the brightest representatives of this family.This plant was derived in 1972 by Dutch breeders of varieties Meyer and already four years for their fine quality has been recognized at a special exhibition.Blue Carpet Juniper received a gold medal.He has a beautiful needle pointed needles up to one centimeter delicate silver-blue hue.Crohn's disease, like all creeping shrubs resembles shapeless cushion widths up to 2.5 meters in diameter.Juniper growth rate is about 8 to 10 centimeters per year.However, juniper Blue Carpet, unlike other members of trailing bushes, grows to a height of no more than 60 centimeters.He is very fond of gardeners and landscape designers for their simplicity and docile nature.The plant is easy to tolerate circumcision and easily restored in a short time, forming a more dense crown.High decorative properties make it a regular urban gardens and parks.Parks, where members of the family are growing cypress, are most popular among the citizens, its fragrance purifying their body and eliminating the stress and depression.
Planting and care
Juniper Blue Carpet - a fast-growing shrub prefers sunny and poluzatenennye sites.In the shade of other trees, it loses its beauty and attractiveness.It's worth noting that in order to avoid damage to the needles is not recommended to plant it in places where in the winter, the formation of high snowdrifts.This variety of juniper not picky about soil, but enriched, fertile soils in the absence of stagnant water, he grows the most lush and attractive.Blue Carpet Juniper well-deserved love and is used by designers to design the Alpine hills, to decorate the slopes.It looks great as in the group, and in a single planting.Well adjacent to the roses.These shrubs look great in the home.With proper care and circumcision cypresses make a good competition the usual potted ornamental plants.
