Chinese juniper

The leaves are of two forms, juvenile needle-like leaves 5-10 mm long, and adult scale-leaves 1.5-3 mm long. Mature trees usually continue to bear some juvenile foliage as well as adult, particularly on shaded shoots low in the crown. It is largely dioecious with separate male and female plants, but some individual plants produce both sexes. The cones are berry-like, 7-12 mm in diameter, blue-black with a whitish waxy bloom, and contain 2-4 seeds; they are mature in about 18 months. The male cones are 2-4 mm long, and shed their pollen in early spring.

Juniperus chinensis (Chinese Juniper, ??, ?) 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. Growth - The leaves are of two forms, juvenile needle-like leaves 5-10 mm long, and adult scale-leaves 1.5-3 mm long. Mature trees usually continue to bear some juvenile foliage as well as adult, particularly on shaded shoots low in the crown. More

Juniperus chinensis 'Kuriwao Gold' - Best colour in winter - light gold. Really good in wind and salt wind. Can be used as a hedge. A really tough plant that has many uses. 2.5 metres high x 2.4 metres wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 3. Cutting Grown PB6. More

Juniperus chinensis is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and is not known to widely escape cultivaton. More