Juniper - Plant Information |
plant description
General - height 5-6 m, spread 1-6 m, opright, spreading, or prostrate shrub with red-brown, papery bark
Leaves - dark green to blue-green with a single white strip on inner surface
Flowers - male - ovoid cones/female - globose cones
Fruit - female - spherical, green, ripen to black with grey, bloom over 3 years
parts used
berries, oil
harvest
Fruits are gathered when ripe by shaking branches over a ground-sheet. They are distilled fresh for oil or dried for various uses.
Juniper - Herb Uses |