Juniper in the Urals

Juniper in the Urals will give your site a stunning and healthy scent and a coniferous forest feel. Many specially travel thousands of kilometers to coniferous places for the healing effect of this miracle plant. Thanks to the released phytoncides, the coniferous planting cleans the air of harmful substances, calms the nerves, promotes excellent sleep and relieves pain in the head. All components of conifers are considered healthy.

Juniper in the Urals: features of cultivation

Juniper in the Urals: photo in the forest

Junipers, as everyone knows, grow well in the South and Central Russia. In addition, breeding varieties are suitable for various climatic zones, including the harsh Siberia and the Urals. For the Siberian and Ural regions, breeders have tried and bred amazing juniper varieties that feel great in these latitudes. For which varieties is the harsh climate not a problem? For Siberian, Cossack, Cup-shaped, Virginian, Scaly, Chinese, Hard.

Against the background of the variety of varieties, the types of this culture are also impressive in diversity. The forms of conifers can be - from a lush bush, the spreading branches of which are in the same plane, to pyramidal trees. Also, wild junipers are found in the Siberian and Ural forest belts.

The nobility and attractiveness of this plant only adds to the desire for gardeners to grow it in garden and summer cottages or in parks. The plant is familiar to many by a different name - Veres.

Juniper (Veres) is quite light-requiring and loves quite bright, sunny places. In more shaded areas, the color of the needles can change from dark and juicy shades to faded tones.

It will be useful for Ural gardeners to know in what types of soil can this crop be grown.

Soil selection is correlated with the juniper variety. For Siberian juniper, sandy loam or sandy soil is suitable. If, nevertheless, the earth is heavy, then you should definitely add sand.

Juniper in the Urals Cossack, Ordinary and Central Asian does not like sour soil at all. To make the soil more neutral, lime is added to deacidify. Other varieties tolerate garden sandy soil with some peat well.

Juniper planting in the Urals is carried out in March-April, as soon as the snow cover melts. When planting, the plant is well watered, and then moisturized regularly throughout the season.

Juniper in the Urals: planting and care

Juniper in the Urals: photo

The melting of snow cover in the Urals is not the same. On average, this process begins from the 20th of April to the beginning of the month of May. It is this time period that can be considered the most favorable time for planting heather.

If planted later, the needles will not be as juicy as they should be, since the sun causes them to burn out.

We will tell you in stages how best to plant a juniper.

At the beginning, the landing site is prepared. The pit is made about twice the size of the root system of the plant. Only in this case will the roots be well developed. On average, this is: 0.5 m - depth, diameter - 1 m.

There should be drainage at the bottom, the layer thickness of which is not less than 0.2 meters. A thin layer of soil is sprinkled on top of the drainage.

The roots of the seedlings are straightened and set in the hole.The root collar of mature heather should protrude about 10 cm above the soil, and for a young one it tends to zero, that is, the collar should be above the soil surface.

After planting, watering is immediately carried out (before falling asleep with earth), and the second watering is immediately after filling the soil.

After planting, mulching is carried out using sawdust in a layer of up to 10 centimeters (peat, pine bark or nutshells are also suitable).

In the 1st year, the Veres in the Urals requires more attention. The bush is regularly watered, fertilized, that is, they do everything to activate the growth of the plant.

The seedlings should spend the first winter under cover. They are insulated with lutrasil, which is removed in mid-spring with the arrival of warm weather.

These recommendations for planting and caring for juniper are quite suitable for, for example, the Moscow region, with the exception of shelter in the winter. In the middle lane, the juniper tolerates frosty cold well and does not freeze.

Where does juniper grow in the Urals

Juniper in the Urals: photo

The second year for your heather seedlings should be marked by a decrease in watering frequency. The soil is only moistened every 20-30 days. Of course, if a hot summer with a drought is issued, then watering is carried out more often, and in the heat - every day.

In summer, you need to pay attention to the needles and spray it about once a week in the morning and evening.

If we talk about pruning, then the juniper does not need it, if only in the removal of broken and dried shoots in spring and autumn. Circumcision is carried out using a sharp secateurs.

Veres grows rather slowly, but if you notice a suspension in growth, then some action is needed. Namely: in the spring and autumn it is necessary to apply dry fertilizer and immediately water thoroughly.

It is worth remembering that the juniper should be transplanted only when necessary. Therefore, when landing, carefully consider the choice of place.

Juniper is often used in Japanese garden design. The laconicism of this style is easily emphasized by the combination of juniper with yellow, red, white or blue heather, as well as with the help of dwarf barberry, which will only add a noble beauty.

Juniper goes well with yellow and orange spirea, mountain pine, weeping larch, undersized spruce and other conifers.

A great addition to the landscape design will be a stone slide and all kinds of beautiful boulder-like stones.

How to feed juniper in the Urals

Fertilizers for juniper are applied at a time when the buds are swelling. Organic matter, for example, rotted manure, is suitable. In addition, mineral fertilizers are applied (superphosphate, ammonium nitrate, etc.).

For the introduction of nutrients, 0.15 m retreat from the trunk, lay fertilizers, digging them shallow into the soil, and water well.

Adult plants require fertilization 1 time / 2 years. In the summer, fertilizers must be necessarily with manganese, phosphorus, iron, zinc, copper, potassium, due to which the plant will easily strengthen its immunity, it adapts better to weather conditions, and the color of the needles will improve.

The complex preparation should not include nitrogen in the fall (since it causes active growth of fresh branches), new shoots that appeared in the spring should get stronger before the winter cold.

Juniper in the Urals prefers a liquid form of top dressing, based on vermicompost. It strengthens the roots and works for photosynthesis.

About autumn care for heather and preparing it for winter

Juniper varieties in the Urals: photos

In the case of a dry autumn, the watering of the juniper is not stopped, and the top dressing is applied at its discretion (for example, with a small increase). Also, in the fall, it is recommended to apply mineral fertilizers.
By winter, especially at the first frost, young plants are covered by throwing agrofibre on them (burlap is also suitable) and tying with a rope. It should be freed from all this around the end of April.

It is interesting that snowdrifts help protect the plant from cold and cold. For these purposes, the bush is covered with loose snow. And so that the adult plant does not break its branches under the snow, they are carefully tied up.

It is safest to use three to four year old seedlings for planting. They are already matured, so the plant quickly assimilates in a new place and develops quickly. In the case of proper planting and proper care, the juniper will repay its owner with its beauty and will delight for many years.

Juniper in the Urals: photo