Gin distillers once used hand-picked juniper berries to add flavour to gin. A juniper by the door was thought to keep witches away. 3 to 7 mm long. See following photo. Return to list Club-moss candles.
Photo illustrates southern ground cedar in patch of juniper moss .
Alternate, hairy stalked, oval with blunt or slightly pointed tip, underside hairy, toothless. See image below. One of the earliest of the spring wildflowers. The flower is also one of the most aromatic. Return to list Trailing arbutus flowers.