Juniper Pfitzeriana Mint Julep (Mint Julep)

Juniper Mint Julep (Mint Julep) – evergreen shrub of the cypress family, a hybrid of the Cossack and Chinese subspecies of juniper. Bred in North America.

Variety advantages: decorative, winter and drought resistance, crown plasticity.

Appearance. Shrub up to 2 meters high with a dense spreading crown – 3.5 m in diameter. Branches – arcuate, grow under 45°; to the soil surface. Needles – bright green, thick, scaly with mint aroma. Cone-berries are rounded, 1-1.5 cm in circumference, with a bluish bloom. Important! Juniper fruits and needles are poisonous, not suitable for human and animal consumption. All parts of the plant are purely decorative.

Destination. The type of juniper Mint Julep is used in the improvement of parks, squares, household plots, for decorating alleys, alpine hills, slopes, Japanese gardens, mixborders, rockeries.

The shrub looks spectacular both as a tapeworm (when planted alone) and in group compositions. For example, next to the coniferous – thuja and pine, as well as deciduous and flowering plants such as barberry, rhododendron, heather, hydrangea, erica.

The plasticity of Mint Julep and the high tolerance of pruning make it possible to give the shrub a creeping, narrow tall or curly shape, depending on the tasks of landscape design.

Growing conditions. Juniper is unpretentious to growing conditions, does not require special care and frequent watering, is resistant to unfavorable urban environment, drought and frost. Suitable for cultivation in almost all regions of Russia.

Beware of fakes and infected planting material, buy Mint Julep juniper seedlings in specialized nurseries.