Lying juniper Nana: planting, care, peculiarities of cultivation

Juniper is a rather attractive plant, belonging to the genus cypress, which appeared on the earth many millions of years ago. About 70 species of such plants are known in nature. Favorite habitats of junipers are mountain slopes, along which stems low-growing varieties of this shrub. There are also 15-meter juniper bushes, and tree-like junipers. Juniperum lying Nana refers to ground cover plants. Let us dwell on this class.

Variety description

Juniper Nana has a spreading cushion with a cushion shape with green-blue needles. This dwarf shrub is characterized by slow growth. It grows to a height of 30-40 cm, a width of up to 150 cm. Each year gives an increase of 15 cm.

Likes light, can grow in sunny places or in light shade. If you do not know the plant juniper lying Nana, a photo in the article will demonstrate it.

The plant is not demanding on the composition of the soil, it can take root on any land. Preference is given to fertile soils with good drainage and a sufficient level of moisture. It grows well in rocky areas, it uses stones as a reliable basis for a ramified root system.

This is a brief description of the juniper of the recumbent Nana.

Plant Advantages

Juniper has recently become a very popular shrub. This is due to the advantages of the plant, which include:

• External attractiveness;
• Insensitivity to drought;
• Easily tolerates pruning;
• Non-adherence to diseases and parasites;
• Perfectly grouped with other plants.

Such advantages of the bush make it a fairly common plant among landscape design lovers.

Landing

Plant juniper bushes need at a distance of 0.5-4 meters from each other. Before landing carefully choose a place, it should be well lit.

Prepare a pit 70 by 70 cm in size. Two weeks before this, it must be filled with a fertile mixture of peat, turf and sand in a ratio of 2: 1: 1.

Seedlings with open roots are planted in spring or autumn. If spring is chosen, it can be planted after snow melting immediately. The earlier the shrub planted, the better. Seedlings with closed roots are also planted in the spring, in the autumn, even the winter period is suitable.

Shrub prefers light fertile land, although it can grow on any soils. If the land is too heavy, it needs to be supplemented with nutrient soil and a peat-sand mix. It is also important to make good drainage so that excess moisture can go away. Juniper Nana can not grow on stagnant, waterlogged territories.

When planting shrubs, its roots are placed horizontally. After planting, the plant is watered abundantly and covered with peat mixture, chips or sawdust. In the future, watering and fertilizing the bush is not necessary.

Care

If you planted on your site a juniper lying down Nana, planting and caring for the bush will not bring much trouble.

The plant tolerates life well without supervision and care. But if you fertilize the shrub nitrophass, he will not mind. Fertilize better in the spring. Young plantings are fertilized with slow-acting mineral formulations. It is better to purchase mixtures prepared especially for coniferous plants. Adult plants do not need fertilizers.

Usually the shrub well experiences periods of drought. In a dry summer bush should be watered monthly, in the evening. The crown is moistened by spraying, juniper does not like dry air.

The bush can be cut, giving the crown the desired shape. Do this no more than 2-3 times during the spring-summer season: at the end of April and in the middle of July. If necessary, weed the soil under the bush. Do this very carefully, so as not to damage the roots located in the upper layers of the earth. After winter, junipers need to be cleaned of yellow needles and branches. Shrub also free from fallen leaves.

Young plantations for winter cover, you can snow, lapnikom, non-woven or cotton material. It is not recommended to use a film, the shrub will be past. Adult plants do not need shelter from frost. But it's dangerous for them to scorching sun, so you can cover it to protect from sunlight.

This is basic information about juniper lying down Nana, landing and leaving with a photo. But it is equally useful to know about possible problems in growing.

Diseases

Juniper Nana, like many other varieties of this plant, is considered a problem-free shrub in terms of diseases. But occasionally some problems are possible.

Juniper is prone to fungal diseases, causing the death of the bark or the appearance of rot. As a result, the crown turns yellow and dries. To fight the fungus, the affected branches are completely cut out. Wounds are treated with copper sulfate or Bordeaux fluid. Sick branches must necessarily be destroyed. For the prevention of fungal pathologies in spring and autumn it is useful to treat bushes with a Bordeaux mixture.

Appointment

The plant perfectly suits in urban conditions. It is used to create compositions of landscape design as a ground cover bush. He looks great on the slopes, in the rock gardens.

Shrub planted when landscaped parks. It looks original on the roofs. Juniper is well combined with other coniferous plants. It can be supplemented by:

• Ate;
• Red tree;
• Pine bonsai;
• Peonies;
• Lilies for curbs.

No less attractive looks juniper and in single-composition compositions. Wherever this wonderful shrubbery grows, it can everywhere decorate itself with the surrounding space.