Juniperus Chinensis San Jose Bonsai
The soft needle to scale like foliage is sage green and attractive year round.
Juniperus chinensis san jose bonsai. Finished with numerous jins apply lime sulphur to bring out the white color of the jin. Prostrate dense dark sage green with both needle and scale foliage that is soft to the touch. The prostrata juniper and the san jose juniper. 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.
For those of you that grow bonsai san jose is the perfect specimen plant. They are evergreen coniferous trees or shrubs which are very popular for bonsai purposes. Finished with numerous jins apply lime sulphur to bring out the white color of the jin. This plant tolerates a variety of conditions such as drought many types of ph values and soil including clay and rocky soil but prefers a medium well drained soil.
Stiff irregular branches with attractive scaled sage green foliage make this an excellent choice for training as a bonsai or other topiary form. They are typically referred to as juniperus chinensis prostrata and juniperus chinensis san jose. The juniper is a genus of about 50 70 species within the cypress family. San jose juniper bonsai tree.
Both are actually cultivars of chinese juniper. Juniperus chinensis shimpaku highly desirable species for juniper bonsai due to soft compact green foliage. Juniperus chinensis san jose 129 95in stock. Chinensis is native to northeast asia including china mongolia japan korea and parts of russia.
Juniperus procumbens nana recommended for beginners compact foliage flexible branches prostrata juniper fast grower leggier foliage san jose juniper naturally grows with trunk movement prickly foliage. Many species of juniper are used for juniper bonsai but for larger bonsai with thick trunks two closely related species work best. San jose juniper bonsai tree. The chinese have grown the species for centuries and produced a number of their own garden cultivars before the plant was discovered by the west.
It is 6 8 feet wide at maturity and 1 1 5 feet tall. Juniperus chinensis san jose native to east asia. San jose juniper is noted for its striking green foliage beautiful bark and juniper berries during the summer months. Purchased from a grower in may 2020.
Description juniperus chinensis san jose informal upright with large jin fat trunk good taper and lots of movement. Native to east asia.