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Plant Lovers’ Almanac: Jumping Juniper! Western trip is a real eye opener
Jim Chatfield
For the past month, I have migrated westward to Denver and back, visiting little 3-year-old granddaughter Junie and her parents. Snow and blue skies there, cottonwoods and aspens, apple trees in flower bud surviving the freezes, dandelions picked for her mama. Here are a few notes from the road trip back and what greeted us upon return to Northeast Ohio.
Junipers. It is truly remarkable how many junipers there are in this country. We have plenty here, in landscapes and increasingly as you go southward in Ohio, especially the eastern redcedar,