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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

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

Hi Jamie, you failed

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

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
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

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