Chinese Juniper

Juniperus chinensis

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Botanical name
Juniperus chinensis
Also known as
Chinese Juniper
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Juniperus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Chinese Juniper

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Juniperus chinensis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Juniperus barbadensis Juniperus cabiancae Juniperus cernua Juniperus chinensis f. aurea Juniperus chinensis f. aurea Juniperus chinensis f. aurea-pendula Juniperus chinensis f. aureoglobosa Juniperus chinensis f. globosa Juniperus chinensis f. mas Juniperus chinensis f. pendula Juniperus chinensis f. plumosa Juniperus chinensis f. pyramidalis Juniperus chinensis f. variegata Juniperus chinensis var. aurea Juniperus chinensis var. aureoglobosa Juniperus chinensis var. foemina Juniperus chinensis var. gaussenii Juniperus chinensis var. globosa Juniperus chinensis var. keteleeri Juniperus chinensis var. leeana Juniperus chinensis var. mas Juniperus chinensis var. mascula Juniperus chinensis var. pendula Juniperus chinensis var. plumosa Juniperus chinensis var. smithii Juniperus chinensis var. variegata Juniperus dimorpha Juniperus flagelliformis Juniperus fortunei Juniperus gaussenii Juniperus jacobii Juniperus japonica var. pyramidalis Juniperus keteleeri Juniperus reevesiana Juniperus shepherdii Juniperus sheppardii Juniperus sinensis Juniperus sphaerica Juniperus sphaerica var. pendula Juniperus sphaerica var. sheppardii Juniperus struthiacea Juniperus thunbergii Juniperus virginica Sabina cabiancae Sabina chinensis Sabina chinensis f. aurea Sabina chinensis f. aureoglobosa Sabina chinensis f. pendula Sabina chinensis f. pyramidalis Sabina chinensis var. kaizuca Sabina dimorpha Sabina gaussenii Sabina sphaerica Sabina struthiacea

Others in Juniperus

Juniperus ashei
Ashe Juniper
Juniperus bregeonii
Juniperus brevifolia
Azores Juniper
Juniperus comitana
Comitan Juniper
Juniperus communis
Common Juniper
Juniperus communis var. communis
Juniperus communis var. kelleyi
Juniperus convallium

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