Carpet Juniper Pruning

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Carpet juniper pruning.

However you can prevent the juniper from spreading outside of your desired planting site by keeping it trimmed. Avoid trimming the hardwood sections of the juniper and only do so if it is absolutely necessary. These include blue star juniper. Light pruning also can encourage robust growth and branching to create more fullness.

While overgrown juniper pruning has its limits it is possible to trim your plant down to a more manageable shape. To ensure the proper planting depth and reduce the chance of damaging the juniper s root make sure the hole twice as wide and 2 inches shallower than the root. The key to pruning juniper is to leave areas with dormant bud on each branch you trim. Also use pruning shears to cut through any circling roots to encourage outward growth.

I almost do not cut it only sometimes i can cut a shoot that goes beyond. The new growth will help hide the unsightly cuts. For upright species like chinese juniper juniperus chinensis prune a little off the side branches. One good place to start is the removal of any dead or leafless branches these can be cut off at the trunk.

I also have one for several years. If you want a manicured look on those creeping junipers instead of a natural rough edged juniper you can use this technique. If you prune a juniper after its spring burst of foliage the leaves you cut will not be replaced by new foliage until next year. Trimming young shoots may also encourage branching and more robust growth.

Among juniper shrubs some varieties grow very slowly and almost do not need pruning. In general the best time for pruning junipers is in the early spring before new stems and leaves appear. Blue rug juniper does not usually need regular pruning except when growth gets unruly or disease has damaged the plant. Pruning hardwood growth on a creeping juniper will not induce the hardwood to sprout new growth.

This can rob the tree of energy and slow down its growth.