HELP : Juniper identification
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pmalelis
Mame
There needs to be more pictures than this to help if possible. Overall look of the plant, to see is growth habit, are there any berries? what do the full branches look like? The bark?
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
We can tell that it's one of the 'scale' foliage junipers so that cuts out maybe half of the species but still leaves us with an awful lot to choose from.
Junipers are notoriously difficult to tell one from another. Some species have very similar foliage. Then there's the many different cultivars and hybrids of some of the popular species like Juniper chinensis to complicate the picture even further.
More pics as recommended above and info on where it was obtained can help with the guesses.
In the end we may not be able to ID definitively but does it really matter? Most junipers require similar care, maintenance and styling so a name is not so important IMHO.
Junipers are notoriously difficult to tell one from another. Some species have very similar foliage. Then there's the many different cultivars and hybrids of some of the popular species like Juniper chinensis to complicate the picture even further.
More pics as recommended above and info on where it was obtained can help with the guesses.
In the end we may not be able to ID definitively but does it really matter? Most junipers require similar care, maintenance and styling so a name is not so important IMHO.
Brain Treez
Sapling
Looks like a couple Juniperus horizontalis I have. Looks like it has a lot of potential; that early trunk bend is great.
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
Is this a local species in your area or from a garden?
If it is likely to be a local species, that will reduce the possible species considerably.
Juniper excelsa is native to Slovenia and has scale foliage. You should also have J. oxycedrus and J. communis growing wild but both of those should have needle foliage.
If it came from a garden we are back to many options.
