Common Juniper vs Meadowsweet - TreeTime.ca

Common Juniper vs Meadowsweet

Filipendula ulmaria

Juniperus communis

CUSTOM GROW

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Meadowsweet
Common Juniper

Meadowsweet gets its name from its sweet fragrance from the creamy white flowers. It is a large upright herbaceous perennial shrub. They bloom in early summer, and with the right conditions may remain throughout the season.

Take care of where you’re planting Meadowsweet as it is known to spread.

Common Juniper is a wide spreading, coniferous shrub with scaly needles and small, berry-like cones. Used as a landscaping shrub, it typically grows 3 or 4 feet tall and will not spread like Creeping Juniper.

You can plant Common Juniper near building foundations or beneath larger trees to provide year-round color and texture to your yard with minimal maintenance.

Meadowsweet Quick Facts

Common Juniper Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 1a
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Height: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Spread: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: none


Fall colour: green
Flowers: white
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, YT, NT, NU, PE
Other Names: bride wort, mead wort