Juniperus Golden Carpet: characteristics and uses

By equipping the open area in front of the house, gardeners often wonder which plants are best planted for planting the site. Specialists in landscape design advise to replace the usual grass juniper of low growth. They look very attractive. Unfortunately, you can not run around such a lawn, but for the device, glades are one of the simplest ways. Juniper Golden Carpet grows in breadth, unpretentious in care and keeps a beautiful appearance throughout the year.

Description

There are many kinds of junipers for the garden. Juniperus Golden Carpet refers to the horizontal varieties of plants. This ground cover is a low shrub whose shoots spread along the ground. During the year the plant grows no more than 10 cm tall. The adult juniper is no more than a meter in radius, up to 15 cm in height.

This variety is distinguished by the bright yellow color of the needles, greenish at the base. In the autumn period, the needles acquire a dull yellow shade on the tips and greenish-gray at the base. The needles consist of small scales, a dense structure.

Growth conditions

To juniper Golden Carpet showed its true color, it must be planted in an open sunny place. Dark places make the needles green.

The composition of the soil and the level of moisture is undemanding. It grows well on moist soils with a constructed drainage system.

The plant is winter-hardy, as it is covered with snow in winter. Perfectly tolerates urban conditions.

Care measures

If you are not yet familiar with the plant juniper Golden Carpet, his photo will clearly demonstrate.

For planting shrubs choose an open place, bushes on it planted with an interval of 0.5 to 2 m.

First it is necessary to prepare the landing pits 70 cm deep. At the bottom of the pit, drainage from sand or crushed bricks is laid in a layer of 20 cm. It is necessary to make sure that the root neck is not deepened.

Juniper Golden Carpet loves weakly acidic and neutral soils. When planting a plant for it, prepare a soil mixture from:

• Two peat pieces;
• One sand part;
• One part of the turf ground.

Planting the plant, it is well watered. Elevated humidity is then maintained for a week.

If the summer is hot, horizontal juniper Golden Carpet watered. The plant does not tolerate dry air, so it is useful to irrigate by sprinkling.

Fertilize the shrub every year. It is better to do it in April or in May. Apply nitro ammophos, "Kemir" and other fertilizers.

The ground near the young shrubs loosened.

To the juniper successfully wintered, it is sprinkled with a peat layer of 10 cm. The young shrubs are additionally covered with lapnika.

Using

This juniper variety is actively used by landscape designers. It functions as a ground cover plant. For this, plant 2-3 bush per 1 sq. M. meter.

Decorative plants are manifested in the constant flexibility of shoots. Because of this property, junipers are planted in flower beds and near the curbs. His graceful branches descend down and beautifully round the flower bed. This allows you to hide the unsightly edges of flower beds.

Juniper looks great in the lower tiers of rock gardens. It looks great in landscape compositions with contrasting plants. In a small garden will become an indispensable tapeworm (separately standing shrub).

Lately it has been included in flower compositions on balconies and loggias of city apartments.

This and other junipers are phytoncide plants. They release biologically active substances that kill harmful bacteria and other microorganisms that are dangerous to human health. Phytoncidal plantings help to purify the air, increase the human immunity. Therefore, in many countries, TB dispensaries are planted with these plants.