{"product_id":"juniperus-chinensis-kaizuka","title":"Hollywood Juniper - Juniperus chinensis ‘Kaizuka’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHollywood Juniper - Juniperus chinensis ‘Kaizuka’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Kaizuka’ is grown for movement. Its branches twist and sweep upward in irregular flame-like plumes of rich green scale foliage, so the plant looks wind-sculpted from the day it is planted and never needs shaping to justify itself. \u003cem\u003eJuniperus chinensis\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Kaizuka’ is chosen over a conical conifer where a garden wants asymmetry and character rather than formality, and it does the job on coastal sand and in dry, poor soils that would kill most feature conifers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Hollywood Juniper\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSculptural Branching\u003c\/strong\u003e: Twisted upswept limbs give the plant a natural bonsai character at full landscape scale.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage Colour\u003c\/strong\u003e: Deep rich green rather than the blue-grey of most junipers, holding colour through winter.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal Hardiness\u003c\/strong\u003e: Salt-laden wind and sandy soil are well within its tolerance.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrought and Frost\u003c\/strong\u003e: Once established it copes with hot dry summers and cold frosty winters without complaint.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePruning Limit\u003c\/strong\u003e: It will not reshoot from bare inner wood, so thin and shorten within green growth only and never cut back to bare stems.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal Windbreak\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted in a row it filters onshore wind while staying evergreen and dense.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSculptural Feature\u003c\/strong\u003e: A single specimen against gravel or paving works as a piece of garden sculpture.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJapanese and Mediterranean Gardens\u003c\/strong\u003e: Its form suits both idioms without any training required.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInformal Screen\u003c\/strong\u003e: A staggered row gives an irregular, natural-looking screen along a boundary.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5-2m for an informal screen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.5-3m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn or spring\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Any free-draining soil, including sandy, rocky and alkaline ground. Wet feet are the one condition it cannot survive, so raise the planting on heavy clay.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water deeply once a week through the first summer, then only in extended dry weather, since junipers fail far more often from overwatering than from drought. Mulch with 50mm of coarse material kept off the trunk, and thin the interior lightly every few years to open up the branch structure rather than shearing the outside.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4-6m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2-3m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Garden selection of a species native to China, Mongolia and Japan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Insignificant, with small blue-grey cones on female plants\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"500mm","offer_id":59795324535070,"sku":"ND-1013-500MM","price":925.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/Efn6wO7JJIaGjAdQf-0K-_ZEQJhOCA.jpg?v=1787313360","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/juniperus-chinensis-kaizuka","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}