Description: The Chinese Juniper (Juniperus chinensis) is a shrub or tree, very variable in shape, reaching 1-20 m tall. It is a popular ornamental tree or shrub in gardens and parks, with over 100 named cultivars selected for various characters.
Chinese Juniper shoot, showing juvenile (needle-like) leaves, adult scale leaves, and young male cones
Conservation status
Least Concern ...
Chinese Juniper styled over 3 weeks
I am now offering a styling service that entails your tree either being delivered to my garden or collected from your property, and restyled by myself over the course of a few weeks to several months, ...
CHINESE JUNIPER. Have several and they have never been diseased.
Seb from zone 8/9, Oppede, France, says :
Practicing bonsai for over 2 years.
- Chinese Juniper (J. chinesis)
- Dahurian Juniper (J. davurica)
- Sargent's Juniper (J. sargentii)
- Virginia Juniper (J. virginiana) ...
Green Mound Chinese Juniper - This conifer is a great outdoor species considered your "traditional bonsai" choice. The nice aspect of this tree is that it can be trained easily in just about any style you want.
Shimpaku (Juniperus chinesis) bonsai, otherwise known as the Chinese Juniper bonsai is one of the popularly used Juniper in bonsai styling. It's an excellent bonsai specimen especially for beginners because of its versatility and hardiness.
There are many different varieties including Japanese Garden Junipers, Green Mound, Sargent's, Needle, Shimpaku, and Chinese Junipers, just to name a few. Junipers are also one of the easiest forms of bonsai to take care of.
A popular bonsai species is Chinese Juniper (Juniperus chinensis) which is quite easy to grow. You can achieve wonderful colour contrasts between the green foliage, grey-brown outer bark, orange-red under bark and the white-silver sharis and jins.
Some good choices for those who are just starting out are Japanese White Pine, Green Mound Chinese Juniper, and Chinese Quince, just to name a few.
Some of the more common juniper species being made into bonsais are Shimpaku, Japanese Garden Juniper, Green Mound, Chinese Juniper, Sargents, Needle and many more.
dwarf varieties with many long, thin, flexible, even roots
slow growing trees
pine and spruce need little moisture, look attractive
dwarf box, buttonwood, Japanese yew, Chinese juniper, needle juniper, hemlock, cypress, fir ...
 See also: Bonsai, Plant, Juniper, Tree, Species
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