Go to the Oil Shop! Buy Juniper Oil Here! Want to Purchase Therapeutic Juniper Essential Oil? It will also provide you with some fun tips, testimonials and oil trivia!Īs I receive new tips and testimonials they will be added to the page, so check back often! It will tell you how to use your oil and what to use it for. I designed this section so you could use it as a fun and easy reference guide. They are fantastic oils and I use them every day at home and at the barn for the horses. My favorite blends that contain juniper essential oil are Di-Gize, Into the Future and Ortho Ease (massage blend for soothing muscles discomfort after exercise). Most of us associate juniper with our favorite distilled gin, since it is what gives gin its flavor! They mainly grow in Southwestern United States although the one I use the species are both grown in Utah. Michael Kuhns, A Guide to the Trees of Utah and the Intermountain West (1998)Elbert L.The essential oil that I am most familiar with and personally use contains two different species: Juniperus osteosperma ( Utah Juniper) and Juniperus scopulorum ( Rocky Mountain Juniper).
Landscapes that contain Utah juniper are often created using indigenous stands. Suited to dry rocky sites this tree is hard to find in the nursery trade, because it does not possess the striking foliage or form of the more typical landscape junipers. Landscape value: Utah juniper is drought and alkaline tolerant. Insects and diseases: No major pest problems observed on this tree. Color is bluish-white when young, reddish brown as they mature.īark: Gray, very fibrous and exfoliating. Older twigs are reddish brown eventually becoming gray in color with time.įlowers: Male and female flowers are usually on the same tree.įruit: Berry-like and 1/4 -5/8 inch in diameter fruit takes two years to mature and usually has one seed inside. Twigs: Young twigs are covered with scale-like leaves for several years. As a young tree it can have a single central leader, but as it matures it develops a short multi-stemmed appearance typically with low branches.įoliage: Scale-like, short-pointed, usually opposite in four rows, and yellow green in color. Growth habit: Upright evergreen that is more round than pyramidal in form as a mature tree. These two conifer tree species differ in the following ways: 1) The needles on Utah are yellow-green and Rocky Mountain has gray-green foliage 2) On Utah the bark is gray and on Rocky Mountain the bark is reddish-brown 3) Utah juniper usually has male and female flowers on the same tree, whereas on Rocky Mountain the male and female flowers are found on different trees. This tree in Colorado: Native to the Intermountain West the Utah juniper is often confused with the Rocky Mountain juniper because they are so similar.
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