Juniperus rigida 'Pendula' Medicinal apparently an ordinary sweetbay

apparently an ordinary sweetbay

well-drained soil suit the plant

sometimes stretching fifteen inches or more across

and the shrub fruits best cut back hard in late winter

Juniperus rigida 'Pendula' Medicinal apparently an ordinary sweetbayJuniperus rigida, the temple or needle juniper, is a graceful conifer of the windswept hills and old temple gardens of China, Korea, and Japan, distinctive for long, slender, sharply pointed needles that catch the light. 'Pendula' is the weeping form, unfurling those bright needles from arching, drooping limbs in a cascade of green that moves with the wind, a plant of quiet, sculptural dignity. The needles are the signature, longer and more pronounced