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Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 1:58 pm
by Edward Scissorhand
Hello guys and gals, I bought a cheap camera yesterday and thought Id post a few pics of my tall lanky juniper. The folliage naturally weeps and it looks like a weeping willow from a distance
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Anyway, thought Id play a game and let you guess what kind of juniper it is?

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 2:03 pm
by Edward Scissorhand
Here are the close up of trunk and foliage
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Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 2:04 pm
by Jamie
chamaecyparis psifira "boulevard" i think it is edward :D

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 2:09 pm
by Edward Scissorhand
Jamie wrote:chamaecyparis psifira "boulevard" i think it is edward :D
Hi Jamie, you failed :lol: Try again, its really a type of juniper!

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 2:11 pm
by bodhidharma
Juniperis Scopulorum.. Tollesons blue weeping Juniper

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 2:14 pm
by Edward Scissorhand
bodhidharma wrote:Juniperis Scopulorum.. Tollesons blue weeping Juniper
Good try Bodhi, but Im afraid....Fail :lol: Please try again!

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 2:21 pm
by hoang nguyen
recurva or oxycedrus according to the book
Hoang

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 2:28 pm
by Edward Scissorhand
hoang nguyen wrote:recurva or oxycedrus according to the book
Hoang
What the?.......Hoang! I was expecting a few days before someone guessed it right and not a few minutes :cry:
Anyway, I applaud you for getting in right, full marks A+. Its a juniperus recurva var. coxii.

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 2:37 pm
by hoang nguyen
What do I get?

Would you let me see your collection sometime ,just for me to learn something . Atm I get a bit p#@$% off with my conifers so I pay attention to my cycads!!!!!!
Hoang

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 2:52 pm
by Edward Scissorhand
hoang nguyen wrote:What do I get?

Would you let me see your collection sometime ,just for me to learn something . Atm I get a bit p#@$% off with my conifers so I pay attention to my cycads!!!!!!
Hoang

Hey Hoang, when I get more time, I will post a few trees up. Ive only got a small collection to show. By the way, whats wrong with your conifers?

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 2:58 pm
by hoang nguyen
Being overfed after the rain two weeks ago by me ,by the wrong inorganic fert. They are now just stand there and the evergreen look sick

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 3:12 pm
by Edward Scissorhand
hoang nguyen wrote:Being overfed after the rain two weeks ago by me ,by the wrong inorganic fert. They are now just stand there and the evergreen look sick
Do you have a pic of your conifer? Did you follow the recommended amount on the fertilizer packets?

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 3:52 pm
by hoang nguyen
Edward

I tooks the Tomato feed package instead of the Iron Chelate

Look the same you know

Hoang

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 4:20 pm
by Jamie
the foliage looks very like the foliage of the chamaecyparis psifira "boulevard", i havent seen junipers with foliage like this before, its good to know there is different stuff like that out there though :D

Re: Guess what kind of juniper this is?

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 4:34 pm
by hoang nguyen
Jamie

The boulevard foliage is blue and very soft and whereas the juniper needle is hard and sharp

Hoang