Container Juniper in Zone 6A - Winter Bronzing With Silver Tips - January 2024
Planted all the way back in 2019, we have a Juniper shrub planted in a large yellow, upright container on our patio. It has been there for five (19, 20, 21, 22, 23) growing seasons and is something that just sort-of exists on the patio. At least...that's the way I think about it - meaning...that I do virtually NOTHING to it all year long. Here's what it looked like in the Fall of 2020 - when it was green and the tips of the juniper were emerging around the edge of the container, but not by much. All Summer and Fall, it is a nice green color. But, come Winter...something happens to this shrub that (at first...) I thought was decline. It turns an almost rusty-red color. The first time that happened - in 2020 - I figured the shrub was done . But, come Spring...it green'd right up. In every subsequent Winter, it has done the same. Green in Summer and Fall. Rusty-red in Winter. Here's what it looked like a little over a year ago - December 2022 . In that photo,