Cliff Pottberg used to tell me that the thing we call J. procumbens nana is not. Subsequently, a wholesale nurseryman chimed in that the true procumbens nana is a rare plant, and that the one available in the trade is derived form prostrata. The real thing has a small white stripe on the back of each leaflet. Supposedly, the trees available from Steve Krattke are the procumbens. Could we get more input from a botanist?
A lot of us get away from the needle junipers because they bite, and seem to be more susceptible to juniper blight.
Thanks Terry,
Yeah, I’ve noticed distinct differences in two similar junipers that are both often called procumbens pro-nana. One has slight greyish tint (your white striped leaflets) and the other is a much more robust bright green (sometimes called Green mound juniper in the vernacular).
So yeah, where’s our botanist?
Cliff Pottberg used to tell me that the thing we call J. procumbens nana is not. Subsequently, a wholesale nurseryman chimed in that the true procumbens nana is a rare plant, and that the one available in the trade is derived form prostrata. The real thing has a small white stripe on the back of each leaflet. Supposedly, the trees available from Steve Krattke are the procumbens. Could we get more input from a botanist?
A lot of us get away from the needle junipers because they bite, and seem to be more susceptible to juniper blight.
Thanks Terry,
Yeah, I’ve noticed distinct differences in two similar junipers that are both often called procumbens pro-nana. One has slight greyish tint (your white striped leaflets) and the other is a much more robust bright green (sometimes called Green mound juniper in the vernacular).
So yeah, where’s our botanist?