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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 15 to 30 feet (4.5-9m)
Plant Spread: 10 to 15 feet (3-4.5m)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Needled
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Suitable Locations: Topiary
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Erosion control
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Wind
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Kaizuka'
  • 'Torulosa'

Common names
  • Hollywood Juniper
  • Chinese Juniper
  • Twisted Juniper
Also sold as:
  • 'Hollywood'
  • 'Tortuosa'

Photo Gallery
Location: In the Chinese Garden within MOBOT
Date: 2001-2007
Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa'
Location: At the Chesapeake Boathouse in Oklahoma City
Date: 2001-2007
Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa'
Location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date: 2019-10-17
A mature specimen, planted 1989, so 30 years old at the time of t
Location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date: 2019-10-17
Needle detail of a Torulosa juniper
Location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date: 2019-10-17
Trunk details of a 30 year old torulosa or twisted juniper.
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2012-03-22
Bonsai started 1980, trained since 1988

photo credit: Li Yekting
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2012-03-22
Bonsai started 1980, trained since 1988
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2012-03-22
Bonsai started 1980, trained since 1988
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2012-03-22
Bonsai started 1980, trained since 1988
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