Common Juniper
Juniperus communis
Common juniper is the widest-ranging conifer on Earth, a low spreading shrub of rocky, open ground whose aromatic blue berries flavor gin. Tough, deer-resistant, and superb for dry slopes.
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–15 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow, brown, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~42 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, erosion control
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY