Juniper is a broad genus that includes everything from large trees up to 30 feet tall to ground-hugging shrubs that spread wide but never get higher than 18 inches. While species like the fast-growing ...

Junipers are tough plants that can be found growing across the world, including in some of the most desolate areas. There are about 40 species of juniper, 13 of which are native to North America. In ...

This is the sixth in a series of articles dealing with plants that survive despite what we humans demand of them. These plants I have dubbed "Parking Lot Plants." So far I have written about Daylilies ...

EAGLE COUNTY – We often associate junipers as being trees and shrubs that are used for hot, dry areas. Rocky Mountain juniper, the tree, dots the landscape from one end of the county to the other.

Blue growth rings found in woody plant stems represent years when cells did not lignify properly because of summers too cold for growth When the going gets cold, even tough trees struggle with growing ...