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Also quite popular in Chinese and Japanese culture, these are employed in landscaping, horticulture and bonsais, and for fuel and wood. The Juniperus virginiana or the Eastern Red Cedar, as per Native American folklore, was burned to welcome positive energy and peace, and used in medicine too. No wonder then that it is a symbol of longevity, strength, athleticism and fertility.

It was a diuretic from the Juniperus communis berries as discovered by a Dutch physician in 18th century that made the plant a part of gin.įor Christmas, in the west, Juniperus virginiana are used in some places, and these are some of the oldest on earth – the Egyptians, apparently, were using juniper wood for building purposes back in 1300 B.C. The berries are used as a spice in culinary dishes, in flavouring gin, and in berry sauce. While it makes for elegant wreaths as well, the juniper is perfect for creating deadwood, because once dried out, peeled, polished and bleached, it throws up captivating colours of green, reddish or yellowish brown and silvery white.

Juniper tree