brewmeister83
Chumono
So I read through about 10 pages of the juniper forum trying to find info on when I should go collecting, but to my dismay all I found were posts on Sierras, Rocky Mountain, and Cali Junipers... Nothing in my growing zone!
This may be all moot because I have yet to approach the property owner about this plant (I only discovered it last week), but let's suppose I had permission to dig up this juni... when should I go about doing it here in zone 5 New England? Any fellow northerner's care to chime in? As far as species, I haven't seen it close up yet, so my best guess is some kind of landscape chinensis...
Horrible Pic via Google...
And another from the opposite angle:
A little explanation is in order... This scan was from 2012, the plant looks considerably different now:
It sits against a rock about 2 yards from the edge of the highway, so it gets pummeled every winter by snow plows. (kinda like an artificial avalanche on rocky, mountainous terrain) It has lost several branches in the past 3 years (marked with blue X) including the two other plants on the right. The current canopy is approximated with the white outline. The trunk is done in red as best I can remember. Where it gets lighter, it comes towards the viewer, darker is away. Above the black line is where I can't clearly see the trunk from the road.
And Here's an older pic from 2008 - compare it with the second one above to see how much of a beating this plant has taken... another few years and it might be killed off if left in place!
This may be all moot because I have yet to approach the property owner about this plant (I only discovered it last week), but let's suppose I had permission to dig up this juni... when should I go about doing it here in zone 5 New England? Any fellow northerner's care to chime in? As far as species, I haven't seen it close up yet, so my best guess is some kind of landscape chinensis...
Horrible Pic via Google...
And another from the opposite angle:
A little explanation is in order... This scan was from 2012, the plant looks considerably different now:
It sits against a rock about 2 yards from the edge of the highway, so it gets pummeled every winter by snow plows. (kinda like an artificial avalanche on rocky, mountainous terrain) It has lost several branches in the past 3 years (marked with blue X) including the two other plants on the right. The current canopy is approximated with the white outline. The trunk is done in red as best I can remember. Where it gets lighter, it comes towards the viewer, darker is away. Above the black line is where I can't clearly see the trunk from the road.
And Here's an older pic from 2008 - compare it with the second one above to see how much of a beating this plant has taken... another few years and it might be killed off if left in place!