Common juniper
Juniperus communis
In Dutch: Jeneverbes
TreesCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 4 to 8 m
- Spread
- 2.5 to 4 m
- Full grown after
- 10 to 20 years
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Dry and poor, preferably sand
- Water
- Little: copes well with drought
- Maintenance
- Low: no pruning needed
- Flowers
- April and May, yellowish, inconspicuous
- For bees
- Little: the wind pollinates the flowers, not a known bee plant
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Stay green
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- Mildly: the sap and many berries
- Pricks or stings
- Yes: spiny leaves
- Price, young
- About €10 to €15 each, in a small pot
- Price, grown
- Not for sale
Through the year
- Leaf
- all year
- Flower
- April to May
- Fruit
- all year