Spartan Juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Spartan'
Handsome, fast growing specimen forms dark green, densely branched columns useful as a screen or windbreak. Excellent sheared topiary. Tolerates heat, cold and drought. Evergreen.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | ju-NIP-er-us chi-NEN-sis |
| Key feature: | Easy Care Plant |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Garden styles: | Asian/Zen, Mediterranean |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast growing 15 ft. tall, 3 to 5 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Growth habit: | Columnar, Compact, Narrow |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Mass Planting, Privacy Screen, Seacoast Exposure, Specimen, Topiary, Windbreak |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Dark Green |
| Item no.: | 4730 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: summer.
Design Ideas
Spartan Juniper is the source of the lovely spiraled topiary columns so popular in Mediterranean inspired gardens. A welcome alternative to the tall cypress of Italy, this column of green foliage can be pruned into a variety of topiary forms. Grow them in high quality, heavyweight concrete or ceramic containers for proper scale and stability. Ideal plant for small scale screening and windbreaks.
Companion Plants
Use Spartan in dry Mediterranean schemes with Olive, Pomegranate, Lavender, Rosemary and Yarrow. Stunning as a container topiary paired with tropical Mandevilla, Lantana and Bougainvillea. Create a winter container planting for your entryway with Creeping Wintergreen and Variegated English Holly.
History
J. chinensis is native to northeast Asia, including China, Mongolia, Japan, Korea and parts of Russia. The Chinese have grown the species for centuries and produced a number of their own garden cultivars before the plant was "discovered" by the west. The genus Juniperus was classified in 1767, but taxonomic confusion resulted with the introduction of other forms from China that are technically the same species but more accurately subspecies and cultivars. Further cross breeding resulted in a huge array of sizes, forms and colors. The leaves of this juniper are toxic but have been used over the years in certain home remedy ointments. Foliage is repellent to lice, and oils are extracted from the plant and used in traditional insecticides.
Handsome, fast growing specimen forms dark green, densely branched columns useful as a screen or windbreak. Excellent sheared topiary. Tolerates heat, cold and drought. Evergreen.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: summer.
Design Ideas
Spartan Juniper is the source of the lovely spiraled topiary columns so popular in Mediterranean inspired gardens. A welcome alternative to the tall cypress of Italy, this column of green foliage can be pruned into a variety of topiary forms. Grow them in high quality, heavyweight concrete or ceramic containers for proper scale and stability. Ideal plant for small scale screening and windbreaks.
Companion Plants
Use Spartan in dry Mediterranean schemes with Olive, Pomegranate, Lavender, Rosemary and Yarrow. Stunning as a container topiary paired with tropical Mandevilla, Lantana and Bougainvillea. Create a winter container planting for your entryway with Creeping Wintergreen and Variegated English Holly.
History
J. chinensis is native to northeast Asia, including China, Mongolia, Japan, Korea and parts of Russia. The Chinese have grown the species for centuries and produced a number of their own garden cultivars before the plant was "discovered" by the west. The genus Juniperus was classified in 1767, but taxonomic confusion resulted with the introduction of other forms from China that are technically the same species but more accurately subspecies and cultivars. Further cross breeding resulted in a huge array of sizes, forms and colors. The leaves of this juniper are toxic but have been used over the years in certain home remedy ointments. Foliage is repellent to lice, and oils are extracted from the plant and used in traditional insecticides.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | ju-NIP-er-us chi-NEN-sis |
| Key feature: | Easy Care Plant |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Garden styles: | Asian/Zen, Mediterranean |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast growing 15 ft. tall, 3 to 5 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Growth habit: | Columnar, Compact, Narrow |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Mass Planting, Privacy Screen, Seacoast Exposure, Specimen, Topiary, Windbreak |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Dark Green |
| Item no.: | 4730 |
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