Hollywood Juniper
Juniperus chinensis ‘Torulosa’
Other Names: Torulosa Juniper, Hollywood Twisted Juniper, Hollywood Juniper Tree
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Coniferous Evergreen Shrub
Height at Maturity: 12-15′
Width at Maturity: 8-10′
Spacing: 6-7′ for solid hedges; 12’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Twisted Branching
Growth Rate: Fast
Flower Color: na
Flower Size: na
Flowering Period: na
Flower Type: na
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Rich Green
Fragrant Foliage: Yes
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Light Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Evening Sun
Water Needs: Very Low when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist or Dry
Soil pH: 6.0 – 7.5 (Moderately Acid to Slightly Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Very Low when left in it’s natural form
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Insect
Description
The Hollywood Juniper, also called Torulosa Juniper, is one of the hardiest and most attractive of the upright junipers. Maturing to maybe 15 feet tall and 8 or so feet wide in an upright twisted fashion; you’ll never find two of these plants that look the same. When left to grow natural with little or no pruning, 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 drought tolerant, this one is a great choice for the gardener looking for unique, low maintenance plants!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing upright in an irregular, twisted form to 12 to 15 feet tall and 8 to 10 feet wide, the 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)..
Spacing: 6 feet apart for solid hedges and privacy screens; 12 feet apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
The 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.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Juniper trees.
How To Plant And Care For Juniper Trees
Privacy Screen Design & Planting Tips
Plant Long & Prosper!
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Glad it came perfectly transported in secure packaging. It looks healthy and happy in the place I planted it. So far so good.
I may buy another one!————————————-WBG Reply: Hi Susan, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Hollywood Torulosa Juniper. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
I may buy another one!————————————-WBG Reply: Hi Susan, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Hollywood Torulosa Juniper. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens



























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