Juniperus Chinensis Kaizuka Bonsai

Juniperus chinensis chinese juniper 圆柏 桧 is a juniper that grows as a shrub or tree with a very variable shape reaching 1 20 m tall.
Juniperus chinensis kaizuka bonsai. Juniperus chinensis commonly called chinese juniper is a dioecious evergreen conifer that is native to china japan mongolia and the himalayas. An interesting piece of rock had crossed my path and joined the composition. By 1995 this was the best i had managed. Foliage is dark green.
Juniperus chinensis known as chinese juniper is an evergreen conifer native to eastern asia including china mongolia japan and the himalayas. They are evergreen coniferous trees or shrubs which are very popular for bonsai purposes. However its multiple varieties may have many forms and heights from low ground covers through shrubs both small and large to short or tall trees. The fact that the garden juniper is a very beautiful tree doesn t mean that they make great bonsai i guess.
The juniper is a genus of about 50 70 species within the cypress family. Juniperus chinensis torulosa kaizuka hollywood juniper boething treeland farms grows over 1 200 varieties of trees shrubs perennials and specialty plants on ten california nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the western united states and beyond. Juniper bonsai trees sold at large stores including walmart and home depot are often japanese garden junipers also called green mound junipers juniperus procumbens nana. It is often seen in the wild as a conical tree to 50 tall and 20 wide but also appears in much shorter shrubby or spreading forms.
I found out that hollywood juniper is j chinensis kaizuka also known as torulosa. This a bushy conical tree that can grow to heights of 50 60 feet spreading 15 20 feet. After 10 years of growth a mature specimen will measure 6 feet 2 m tall and 3 feet 1 m wide an annual growth rate of 6 to 8 inches 15 20 cm. But it cannot bud again from bare tree parts so take care that there is some foliage left on every branch you want to keep alive.
My first ever attempt at styling a tree using wire. I ll forget about it and stick with the junipers i have. It is native to china taiwan myanmar japan korea and the russian far east.