# Mounding vs elongating junipers

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**Category:** Horticulture\
**Created:** [August 3, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/mounding-vs-elongating-junipers/1432 "2018-08-03T16:00:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![x-x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/77aa72/32.png) [@x-x](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/x-x)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/mounding-vs-elongating-junipers/1432/1 "2018-08-03T16:00:01Z")

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I have two species of junipers that are different --I can’t tell (identify them) Help As to whether their are a molding species or elongating juniper.

1. I was given a juniper Holly wood . Thou it does not act or show characteristics as one. I don’t think its a hollywood b/c it does not show characteristics of vertical height its more a horizontal growth. It has little or mangy growth pattern – Had it for 2 years now and its starting to show new growth. Its not mounting and its not lateral growing either I don’t know how to go forward.

2. I also bought a Juniper ‘chinesis pfitzeriana’ . It’s blue -green incisor I did not unstained pruning of junipers / or then to prune so for the last 2 years it recovering. It shows signs of recovery as the differs branches are showing molded tuffs and now are elongating. Can this be a mounding species ?

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**Author:** ![Bonsai\_bob](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bob/32/35621_2.png) [@Bonsai\_bob](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_bob)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/mounding-vs-elongating-junipers/1432/2 "2018-08-04T15:06:37Z")

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> [@x-x](#):
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> I also bought a Juniper ‘chinesis pfitzeriana’ . It’s blue -green incisor I did not unstained pruning of junipers / or then to prune so for the last 2 years it recovering. It shows signs of recovery as the differs branches are showing molded tuffs and now are elongating. Can this be a mounding species ?

I have had a pfitzeriana raft for 20 years. All the landscape plants and my raft are elongating. The description on Wikipedia says only a shrub, not a tree… but I find the trunks of collected landscape phitzers having nice twisty lines that work well as either a forest… or an individual informal… or slant… or semi cascade. Good luck with your junipers.  
Try to find a mature example of the plant, and it will inform you of how it likes to grow! 🤓