Variegated Hollywood Juniper – 1 Gallon Pot

Other Names: Variegated Torulosa Juniper, Variegated Hollywood Twisted Juniper, Juniperus chinensis ‘Kaizuka Variegated

This is the highly attractive variegated version of the Hollywood Juniper, Juniperus chinensis ‘Torulosa Variegata’. It also goes by the synonym Juniperus chinensis ‘Kaizuka Variegated’. It has the same rich green to blue-green foliage as its cousin but the foliage on the branchlets is a contrasting creamy soft yellow. It is one of the hardiest and most attractive of the upright junipers with no two specimens looking alike. At 15 to 25 feet tall and 8 to 12 feet wide, it grows in an upright twisted fashion. When left to grow natural with little or no pruning, Variegated Hollywood makes for an interesting and eye-catching focal point specimen, espalier (grown flat against a wall), or as a natural hedge or privacy screen. With some selective pruning it is an excellent candidate for a pom pom topiary tree. Exceptionally cold and heat hardy and extremely drought tolerant when established, this one is a great choice for the gardener looking for unique, low maintenance plants that will add lots of character to the landscape.

Growing upright in an irregular, twisted form to 15 to 25 feet tall and 8 to 10 feet wide, the Variegated Hollywood Juniper is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or in rows to form a natural hedge in sunny landscape borders. We often use it in design as espalier (trained to grow flat against a wall) on sunny walls in home foundation plantings. Also an excellent candidate for pom pom and other topiary shapes and forms. A fine addition to conifer gardens, Asian theme gardens, rock gardens, topiary gardens, oddity gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs)..

The Variegated Hollywood Juniper is exceptionally easy to grow in well-drained moist to dry soils of low to average fertility and full to mostly sun. Exceptionally low maintenance and drought tolerant when established. No pruning is ever necessary. That said, this plant can be trained into unlimited shapes and forms. A perfect candidate for pom-pom and other topiary forms.