While many gardeners may be familiar with the more prostrate forms of juniper shrubs, the fact is most species of junipers grow as trees in the wild. Juniper trees (Juniperus spp.) are nonflowering plants that reproduce by producing cones, therefore appropriately called gymnosperms.
Definition of foundation for English Language Learners : a usually stone or concrete structure that supports a building from underneath : something (such as an idea, a principle, or a fact) that provides support for something
base1. 1  the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table. 2  a fundamental principle or groundwork; foundation; basis: the base of needed reforms. 3  the bottom layer or coating, as of makeup or paint.