Stricta Variegata - Chinese Juniperus (Product code: )

A very original plant. It differs from the Chinese juniper Stricta by the presence of inclusions of a delicate cream shade.
Crown: conical dense with vertical rigid short shoots. The variety is quite unpretentious and frost-resistant. Prefers sunny places, in the shade it can lose the saturation of the color of the needles.
Use: An excellent choice for rock gardens, rock gardens, for heather landscapes and compositions in containers, coniferous and mixed groups, landscaping of gravestones.
Phytoncidal plant with a pleasant juniper aroma. Inhalation of essential resins of junipers - for preventive purposes will protect your family from many infectious diseases. It is better to buy seedlings of Chinese juniper "Stricta Variegata" in Ukraine (acclimatized) in a plastic container with fertilizers, so the plant is not dug up with inevitable damage to the root system and after planting it is guaranteed to take root.
Diameter of the crown of an adult plant: 1.5 m.
Form: A bush with a narrow conical crown and vertically growing shoots. Grows slowly. Reaches 2 m in height.
Needles: Prickly greenish-blue with creamy inclusions.
Fruits: Numerous small berries.
Requirements: Prefers sunny places. Undemanding to soil and moisture. Frost-resistant.