Evergreen, coniferous blue shrub.
Crown shape: Crown shape, fluffy, compact. Spreading when young, then raised with drooping shoot tips.
Shape: Evergreen, coniferous blue shrub.
Crown shape: Crown shape, fluffy, compact. Spreading when young, then raised with drooping shoot tips.
Growth pattern: Moderate. Reaches a height of 1.5 m. At the age of 10 years, it reaches a height of 0.5 m, a diameter of 1 m; the maximum size is 1.5 m in height and 2.5 m in diameter.
Needles: needles are pointed, lanceolate, flattened, prickly, gray-blue in color, changing color to gray with a metallic tint by winter.
Fruits: Cones are dark blue with a bluish bloom, round.
Pruning: No special pruning required.
Watering: Moderate, regular.
Light: Photophilous, but tolerates some shading.
Shoots are long, brown. Young shoots are greenish with sparsely located needles.
Soil requirements: requires fertile and moist soils, with proper care (mulching, cultivation, fertilization) can grow on poor rocky and dry sandy soils.
Phytoncidity: juniper scaly is characterized by the highest phytoncidity - the ability of plants to release biologically active volatile substances in small doses - phytoncides that kill or suppress the growth and development of bacteria, m
