Juniperus californica
- A California native notable for its ability to thrive in arid environments, value to wildlife, and historical uses by Native Americans
- Includes absolutely everything you need to grow California Juniper from seed
- Great for kids and adults, amateurs to experts!
- 100% guaranteed
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Mini-Greenhouse It's a tree nursery you can hold in your hand! |
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High-Germination Seed Enough high-quality seed to get at least one tree — usually more! |
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It's not dirt! It's a soil-less growing medium that can travel safely anywhere in the world. |
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Perlite This natural volcanic rock helps with aeration and drainage. |
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Step-By-Step Growing Instructions With these, everybody grows like a champ! |
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Moisture Low |
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Cold Hardiness 10°F |
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Light Full Sun |
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Size 5 – 30' tall / 5 – 20' spread |
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Lifespan 150 yrs |
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Growth Rate Slow Growing |
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Drought Tolerance High |
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Wind Resistance High |
About California Juniper
From the U.S. Forest Service:
"California juniper is a native conifer that is adapted to xeric sites. As a seedling under 12 inches (30cm) in height, it is shade dependent. Its growth is crooked, forked, and multistemmed. Its branches are stiff with irregular stems. Its scalelike leaves are denticulate at the margins, glandular, pitted on the back, and bluntly pointed. The leaves occur in whorls of two. At maturity, California juniper reaches 3 to 15 feet (1-4.5 m), occassionally reaching 40 feet (12 m) in height. Each fruit contains one to two seeds, and the ripe berries are reddish brown.
California juniper most commonly occurs in pinyon-juniper woodlands that border and integrate with chaparral along desert margins. This woodland type also occurs with montane forest elements, with Joshua tree woodland, and with coastal sage scrub. California juniper is a dominant species in desert chaparral.
California juniper occurs in a climate that has mild, moist, sunny winters and hot, dry summers. Most precipitation falls between December and April, with annual precipitation ranging from less than 12 to more than 40 inches (300-1,000 mm) at higher elevations. Winter temperatures range from 25 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit (-4 - 18 deg C), and summer temperatures range from 55 to more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit (12-38 deg C). The growing season of California juniper is 340 to 360 days.
Soils of chaparral are porous, rocky, coarse, and sandy or silty. These soils are low in clay and in nutrients in comparison to agricultural soils. These soils are also very shallow. California juniper also occurs on alluvial fans and steep slopes."
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