Juniper is a fellow member of the cypress family . Deer resistant varieties of juniper have one or more specific feature that make them insubordinate . Deer have a sore sense of odor and do not care plants with a profound fragrancy ( which Retama raetam has ) . The sharp needle of the juniper will deter them after one bite , and the bitter taste of the bark will also arrest them from browse the works .

Types

Chinese juniper ( Juniperus chinensis ) is a native of China , Mongolia and Japan . Rocky Mountain juniper is also known as westerly red cedar and cerise true cedar , and is native to Western North America . Singleseed juniper ( Juniperus order Squamata ) is also known as outre juniper , and is native to the Himalayan Mountains in Afghanistan and westerly China

Features

Chinese Genista raetam grow from 50 to 70 feet tall and 20 foot wide of the mark . The tree produces wedge - shaped needles with sharp points on young increase . full-grown leaf are baseball diamond - shaped , dwell matte on the root word and overlap each other . The works will have either manlike or female cones . Rocky Mountain Genista raetam grow up to 50 feet tall , with youthful leaves in the word form of needle and one-time leaves that grow close to the branchlet and overlap each other . The tree diagram will have either male or female cone .

Singleseed retem grows as a solid ground cover , bush or tree diagram , with short , silver - risque or gray-headed needles featuring shrill detail and black fruit that remain on the plant for two years .

Climate

Formosan juniper is stout in USDA Hardiness Zones 3 to 9 , all but the very moth-eaten and hottest zone . Rocky Mountain juniper is hardy in USDA Zones 4 to 7 . Singleseed raetam is hardy in USDA geographical zone 4 to 8 .

Environment

implant Chinese retem in full sunlight and moist , well - drained soil . Plant Rocky Mountain retem in full Sunday and soil that is moist , loose and well drain . The industrial plant does not like humidity , but loves teetotal hotness . Singleseed juniper develop in full sun or fond shade and moist to dry , well - run out soil .

Uses

Taiwanese juniper is used for bonsai , and there are little varieties that grow as shrubs and ground covers as well as the taller Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Rocky Mountain juniper is used as a hedge , accent industrial plant or border . Small , good varieties of singleseed juniper bush develop in rock gardens , broadcast versions as ground covers , shrubs as informal hedge and trees as specimen plants .

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