Juniperus chinensis (Chinese Juniper, 龙柏) is a shrub or tree, very variable in shape, reaching 1-20 m tall. It is native to northeast Asia, in China, Mongolia, Japan, Korea and the southeast of Russia.
Juniperus chinensis
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Chinese Juniper
Description: The Chinese Juniper (Juniperus chinensis) is a shrub or tree, very variable in shape, reaching 1-20 m tall.
Juniperus chinensis 'San Jose'/ Juniper bonsai
Height 17"/42cm, trunkbase diameter 5"/12.5cm
Styled over 3 weeks ...
JUNIPERUS chinensis sargenti is one of the very popular bonsai. Practically all the old bonsai of this tree are developed from specimens taken from their natural habitats by professional collectors, ...
JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS. Its needles form perfect little clouds on the trees very similar to the trees depicted on the old Japanese paintings.
Daryl Lenz from zone 5, Lincoln, US, says :
Practicing bonsai for over 2 years.
Shohaku includes Kuro-matsu(Pinus thunbergii), Aka-matsu(Pinus densiflora), Goyo-matsu(Piuns parviflora), Shimpaku(Juniperus chinensis ver, sargentii), Ichii(Taxus cuspidata), Tosho(Juniperus rigida), Hinoki(Chamaecyparis obtusa), etc.
Sargent Juniper (juniperus chinensis sargenti). In 1959 most of the extant specimens were developed from naturally dwarfed trees.
Sargent's Juniper - Juniperus chinensis sargentii
General information: In Japan, this tree is called "shimpaku" and thus it is often referred to in western countries as "shimpaku juniper".
Some old favorites for bonsai specimens are Sargent juniper (Juniperus chinensis 'Sargentii'), Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergiana), Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda), Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis), ...
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.
Most Junipers are ideal cascade material, especially the Juniperus chinensis sargentii (Shimpaku) or Juniperus procumbens nana and procumbens prostrata. Also, I particularly enjoy working with the Cedrus atlantica glauca (Blue Atlas Cedar).
Shimpaku juniper - Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii
Estimated 250 years old
Japanese white pine - Pinus parviflora
Estimated 80 years old ...
 See also: Juniper, Bonsai, Plant, Tree, Japanese
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