Hollywood Juniper (Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa')
Regular price
$2,150.00
Size
Transform Your Landscape with Stunning Twisted Architecture
Hollywood Juniper gives your landscape instant sculptural impact with naturally twisted branches, dense evergreen foliage, and a bold upright form that stands out in full sun.
Also known as twisted juniper, torulosa juniper, and Juniperus chinensis torulosa - pronounced roughly “ju nip er us chi nen sis” - this distinctive evergreen creates year-round structure without the constant pruning required by formal hedge plants. Its dark green foliage stays attractive through winter, especially when deciduous plants have dropped their leaves, making it a strong choice for privacy, entry accents, patios, and architectural garden spaces.
Why You'll Love It
-
Dramatic Twisted Form – Sculptural branching creates a natural living art piece with a bold silhouette that improves as mature plants develop.
-
Year-Round Privacy – Dense evergreen foliage provides reliable screening, structure, and visual weight without needing to be sheared into a rigid hedge.
-
Drought Tolerance – Once established, Hollywood Juniper is drought tolerant, heat tolerant, and well suited to California landscapes with limited summer water.
-
Low Maintenance – This easy care juniper needs minimal pruning and keeps its distinctive shape naturally when planted in full sun and well drained soils.
-
Versatile Placement – Use it as a single specimen, a privacy screen, a windbreak, or a container focal point near a house, wall, courtyard, or garden entry, or combine it with complementary options like a Fern Pine hedge for structured screening.
Hollywood Juniper is commonly used in asian inspired gardens, Mediterranean themes, and natural privacy plantings where homeowners want structure with personality rather than a flat green wall, and it pairs well with other evergreen trees for year-round privacy.
What Makes It Different
Most evergreen screening plants focus on uniformity. They are often planted as a hedge, trimmed into straight lines, and managed for control. Hollywood Juniper is different because its value comes from movement, character, and sculptural form.
Hollywood Juniper offers:
-
Naturally Twisted Branches – Few juniper varieties offer this dramatic twisting branching habit, which creates a sculptural silhouette without training or heavy pruning.
-
Instant Character – Its upright trunk, irregular branch shape, and lush green foliage bring mature landscape appeal even when the plant is young from the nursery.
-
Heat and Drought Champion – Once established, Hollywood Juniper tolerates drought, heat, poor soil conditions, wind, and challenging sunny locations better than many shrubs and screening plants, making it an excellent companion to other fast-growing privacy trees from our nursery.
The foliage consists of soft, scale-like adult needles with a small amount of prickly juvenile needles. In summer, the plant can produce small, highly ornamental silvery-blue, berry-like cones that add subtle seasonal interest. Its salt tolerance also makes it useful near coastal gardens, and it is considered deer resistant in many landscapes.
How To Grow Hollywood Juniper Successfully
-
Plant in Full Sun Location
Choose a sunny location with well drained soils. Hollywood Juniper thrives in full sun, and strong sun exposure helps the plant develop dense growth, rich color, and the best twisted form. It adapts to sandy, clay, and poor soil as long as drainage is excellent. -
Allow Natural Form Development
Set the root ball slightly above or level with the surrounding soil, backfill carefully, and avoid forcing the plant into a formal hedge shape. The unique twisting branching habit lets Hollywood Juniper serve as a loose screen or privacy accent without being sheared into a uniform form. -
Enjoy Minimal Maintenance
Water regularly during the first growing season while root growth begins, especially through spring and summer heat. Once established, this evergreen becomes notably tolerant of drought, heat, and poor soil conditions. Light pruning in early spring can remove dead or crossing branches, but heavy pruning into old wood should be avoided because new growth may not return from bare older stems.
When planted in groups or staggered rows, Hollywood Juniper creates a softer, more sculptural screen and works well as a windbreak without looking stiff or overmanaged, and larger specimens can be combined with mature trees for instant landscape impact.
Plant Details
-
Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis ‘Torulosa’
-
Common Names: Hollywood Juniper, twisted juniper, torulosa juniper
-
Mature Size: Up to 15 feet tall and 10 feet wide in its natural form
-
Growing Zones: Thrives in USDA hardiness zones 4–9; often recommended for USDA zone 5–9 California landscapes
-
Sun Requirements: Full sun for best color, dense foliage, and twisted branching
-
Soil Needs: Well-drained soil; adapts to sandy, clay, and poor soils with excellent drainage
-
Water Needs: Moderate during establishment; low once established
-
Growth Rate: Fast-growing for gardeners seeking immediate landscape impact, especially when starting with quality nursery plants
-
Seasonal Interest: Small silvery-blue, berry-like cones in summer
-
Foliage: Dense evergreen green foliage with soft scale-like adult needles and some prickly juvenile needles
-
Best Uses: Specimen tree, privacy screen, loose hedge, windbreak, containers, asian inspired gardens, Mediterranean landscapes, southwest gardens, and architectural focal points, especially when layered with Fern Pine trees for added shade and privacy
-
Tolerances: Drought, heat, poor soil, salt tolerant coastal exposure, wind, and deer pressure
Who It's For
Ideal for:
-
Homeowners who want a unique privacy screen with personality instead of boring hedge walls
-
Garden enthusiasts designing asian inspired gardens, Mediterranean courtyards, or modern landscapes
-
Property owners in California who need a drought tolerant evergreen for sunny, hot, or exposed locations
-
Designers creating focal points with sculptural branching near containers, patios, entries, walls, or architectural features
If you want a healthy, attractive evergreen that brings year-round structure when deciduous plants fade in fall and winter, Hollywood Juniper fits beautifully. It works as a single specimen, in staggered rows for privacy, or as a loose screen where form matters as much as function.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it really require no pruning?
Yes, very little pruning is needed. Hollywood Juniper’s twisted form develops naturally, and heavy pruning can reduce its sculptural appeal. Remove dead, damaged, or crossing growth in early spring, but avoid cutting deeply into old wood.
How quickly does it establish?
With full sun, well drained soils, and regular watering during the first growing season, Hollywood Juniper establishes well and delivers immediate visual impact. In favorable California conditions, larger nursery plants can create useful screening quickly, with strong growth during the growing season.
Will it survive California droughts?
Yes. Once established, Hollywood Juniper is one of the more drought tolerant evergreen choices for California gardens. It still benefits from occasional deep watering during extended drought, especially in extreme summer heat.
Can I get expert planting advice?
Yes. Yardwork offers planting consultations to help choose the best location, prepare the soil, protect the root ball, and plan spacing for a single specimen, privacy screen, or staggered rows. Yardwork can also support soil testing so your plant starts in the right ground conditions.
Ready to Upgrade?
Choose Hollywood Juniper and create bold architectural drama with dense evergreen foliage, sculptural branching, excellent heat performance, salt tolerance, and easy care once established.
Yardwork makes it easier to buy quality plants with expert guidance, secure ordering, soil testing, and planting consultations. We focus on healthy nursery stock so every satisfied customer has a strong start.
Transform Your Landscape with Stunning Twisted Architecture
Hollywood Juniper gives your landscape instant sculptural impact with naturally twisted branches, dense evergreen foliage, and a bold upright form that stands out in full sun.
Also known as twisted juniper, torulosa juniper, and Juniperus chinensis torulosa - pronounced roughly “ju nip er us chi nen sis” - this distinctive evergreen creates year-round structure without the constant pruning required by formal hedge plants. Its dark green foliage stays attractive through winter, especially when deciduous plants have dropped their leaves, making it a strong choice for privacy, entry accents, patios, and architectural garden spaces.
Why You'll Love It
-
Dramatic Twisted Form – Sculptural branching creates a natural living art piece with a bold silhouette that improves as mature plants develop.
-
Year-Round Privacy – Dense evergreen foliage provides reliable screening, structure, and visual weight without needing to be sheared into a rigid hedge.
-
Drought Tolerance – Once established, Hollywood Juniper is drought tolerant, heat tolerant, and well suited to California landscapes with limited summer water.
-
Low Maintenance – This easy care juniper needs minimal pruning and keeps its distinctive shape naturally when planted in full sun and well drained soils.
-
Versatile Placement – Use it as a single specimen, a privacy screen, a windbreak, or a container focal point near a house, wall, courtyard, or garden entry, or combine it with complementary options like a Fern Pine hedge for structured screening.
Hollywood Juniper is commonly used in asian inspired gardens, Mediterranean themes, and natural privacy plantings where homeowners want structure with personality rather than a flat green wall, and it pairs well with other evergreen trees for year-round privacy.
What Makes It Different
Most evergreen screening plants focus on uniformity. They are often planted as a hedge, trimmed into straight lines, and managed for control. Hollywood Juniper is different because its value comes from movement, character, and sculptural form.
Hollywood Juniper offers:
-
Naturally Twisted Branches – Few juniper varieties offer this dramatic twisting branching habit, which creates a sculptural silhouette without training or heavy pruning.
-
Instant Character – Its upright trunk, irregular branch shape, and lush green foliage bring mature landscape appeal even when the plant is young from the nursery.
-
Heat and Drought Champion – Once established, Hollywood Juniper tolerates drought, heat, poor soil conditions, wind, and challenging sunny locations better than many shrubs and screening plants, making it an excellent companion to other fast-growing privacy trees from our nursery.
The foliage consists of soft, scale-like adult needles with a small amount of prickly juvenile needles. In summer, the plant can produce small, highly ornamental silvery-blue, berry-like cones that add subtle seasonal interest. Its salt tolerance also makes it useful near coastal gardens, and it is considered deer resistant in many landscapes.
How To Grow Hollywood Juniper Successfully
-
Plant in Full Sun Location
Choose a sunny location with well drained soils. Hollywood Juniper thrives in full sun, and strong sun exposure helps the plant develop dense growth, rich color, and the best twisted form. It adapts to sandy, clay, and poor soil as long as drainage is excellent. -
Allow Natural Form Development
Set the root ball slightly above or level with the surrounding soil, backfill carefully, and avoid forcing the plant into a formal hedge shape. The unique twisting branching habit lets Hollywood Juniper serve as a loose screen or privacy accent without being sheared into a uniform form. -
Enjoy Minimal Maintenance
Water regularly during the first growing season while root growth begins, especially through spring and summer heat. Once established, this evergreen becomes notably tolerant of drought, heat, and poor soil conditions. Light pruning in early spring can remove dead or crossing branches, but heavy pruning into old wood should be avoided because new growth may not return from bare older stems.
When planted in groups or staggered rows, Hollywood Juniper creates a softer, more sculptural screen and works well as a windbreak without looking stiff or overmanaged, and larger specimens can be combined with mature trees for instant landscape impact.
Plant Details
-
Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis ‘Torulosa’
-
Common Names: Hollywood Juniper, twisted juniper, torulosa juniper
-
Mature Size: Up to 15 feet tall and 10 feet wide in its natural form
-
Growing Zones: Thrives in USDA hardiness zones 4–9; often recommended for USDA zone 5–9 California landscapes
-
Sun Requirements: Full sun for best color, dense foliage, and twisted branching
-
Soil Needs: Well-drained soil; adapts to sandy, clay, and poor soils with excellent drainage
-
Water Needs: Moderate during establishment; low once established
-
Growth Rate: Fast-growing for gardeners seeking immediate landscape impact, especially when starting with quality nursery plants
-
Seasonal Interest: Small silvery-blue, berry-like cones in summer
-
Foliage: Dense evergreen green foliage with soft scale-like adult needles and some prickly juvenile needles
-
Best Uses: Specimen tree, privacy screen, loose hedge, windbreak, containers, asian inspired gardens, Mediterranean landscapes, southwest gardens, and architectural focal points, especially when layered with Fern Pine trees for added shade and privacy
-
Tolerances: Drought, heat, poor soil, salt tolerant coastal exposure, wind, and deer pressure
Who It's For
Ideal for:
-
Homeowners who want a unique privacy screen with personality instead of boring hedge walls
-
Garden enthusiasts designing asian inspired gardens, Mediterranean courtyards, or modern landscapes
-
Property owners in California who need a drought tolerant evergreen for sunny, hot, or exposed locations
-
Designers creating focal points with sculptural branching near containers, patios, entries, walls, or architectural features
If you want a healthy, attractive evergreen that brings year-round structure when deciduous plants fade in fall and winter, Hollywood Juniper fits beautifully. It works as a single specimen, in staggered rows for privacy, or as a loose screen where form matters as much as function.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it really require no pruning?
Yes, very little pruning is needed. Hollywood Juniper’s twisted form develops naturally, and heavy pruning can reduce its sculptural appeal. Remove dead, damaged, or crossing growth in early spring, but avoid cutting deeply into old wood.
How quickly does it establish?
With full sun, well drained soils, and regular watering during the first growing season, Hollywood Juniper establishes well and delivers immediate visual impact. In favorable California conditions, larger nursery plants can create useful screening quickly, with strong growth during the growing season.
Will it survive California droughts?
Yes. Once established, Hollywood Juniper is one of the more drought tolerant evergreen choices for California gardens. It still benefits from occasional deep watering during extended drought, especially in extreme summer heat.
Can I get expert planting advice?
Yes. Yardwork offers planting consultations to help choose the best location, prepare the soil, protect the root ball, and plan spacing for a single specimen, privacy screen, or staggered rows. Yardwork can also support soil testing so your plant starts in the right ground conditions.
Ready to Upgrade?
Choose Hollywood Juniper and create bold architectural drama with dense evergreen foliage, sculptural branching, excellent heat performance, salt tolerance, and easy care once established.
Yardwork makes it easier to buy quality plants with expert guidance, secure ordering, soil testing, and planting consultations. We focus on healthy nursery stock so every satisfied customer has a strong start.
Plants vary greatly by type and no guarantees are made on sizing.
However here is a rough idea of sizes based on containers that are direct from our growing grounds.
15 Gallon Shrub 3-4 Ft. Tall
15 Gallon Tree 5-6 Ft. Tall
24" Box Shrub 5-6 Ft. Tall
24" Box Tree 6-7 Ft. Tall
36" Box Tree 8-10 Ft. Tall
48" Box Tree 10-12 Ft. Tall
Please note: Citrus and California Native plants such as Manzanita are smaller than traditional sizing.
Please contact us to confirm sizing of items before purchasing if this is a concern.
Plants vary greatly by type and no guarantees are made on sizing.
However here is a rough idea of sizes based on containers that are direct from our growing grounds.
15 Gallon Shrub 3-4 Ft. Tall
15 Gallon Tree 5-6 Ft. Tall
24" Box Shrub 5-6 Ft. Tall
24" Box Tree 6-7 Ft. Tall
36" Box Tree 8-10 Ft. Tall
48" Box Tree 10-12 Ft. Tall
Please note: Citrus and California Native plants such as Manzanita are smaller than traditional sizing.
Please contact us to confirm sizing of items before purchasing if this is a concern.
Delivery does not include unloading of trees and plants larger than a 24" box.
Trees and plants in smaller containers will be dropped curbside.
Delivery beyond a curbside drop will be charged extra.
Trees and plants that are sold in container sizes larger than a 24" box size will require equipment and an operator onsite to help unload from the truck.
Please reach out to our team PRIOR to placing your order to coordinate.
Our team can provide unloading assistance with equipment for an extra fee.
Delivery does not include unloading of trees and plants larger than a 24" box.
Trees and plants in smaller containers will be dropped curbside.
Delivery beyond a curbside drop will be charged extra.
Trees and plants that are sold in container sizes larger than a 24" box size will require equipment and an operator onsite to help unload from the truck.
Please reach out to our team PRIOR to placing your order to coordinate.
Our team can provide unloading assistance with equipment for an extra fee.
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Hollywood Juniper (Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa')
Regular price
$2,150.00
Size
Transform Your Landscape with Stunning Twisted Architecture
Hollywood Juniper gives your landscape instant sculptural impact with naturally twisted branches, dense evergreen foliage, and a bold upright form that stands out in full sun.
Also known as twisted juniper, torulosa juniper, and Juniperus chinensis torulosa - pronounced roughly “ju nip er us chi nen sis” - this distinctive evergreen creates year-round structure without the constant pruning required by formal hedge plants. Its dark green foliage stays attractive through winter, especially when deciduous plants have dropped their leaves, making it a strong choice for privacy, entry accents, patios, and architectural garden spaces.
Why You'll Love It
-
Dramatic Twisted Form – Sculptural branching creates a natural living art piece with a bold silhouette that improves as mature plants develop.
-
Year-Round Privacy – Dense evergreen foliage provides reliable screening, structure, and visual weight without needing to be sheared into a rigid hedge.
-
Drought Tolerance – Once established, Hollywood Juniper is drought tolerant, heat tolerant, and well suited to California landscapes with limited summer water.
-
Low Maintenance – This easy care juniper needs minimal pruning and keeps its distinctive shape naturally when planted in full sun and well drained soils.
-
Versatile Placement – Use it as a single specimen, a privacy screen, a windbreak, or a container focal point near a house, wall, courtyard, or garden entry, or combine it with complementary options like a Fern Pine hedge for structured screening.
Hollywood Juniper is commonly used in asian inspired gardens, Mediterranean themes, and natural privacy plantings where homeowners want structure with personality rather than a flat green wall, and it pairs well with other evergreen trees for year-round privacy.
What Makes It Different
Most evergreen screening plants focus on uniformity. They are often planted as a hedge, trimmed into straight lines, and managed for control. Hollywood Juniper is different because its value comes from movement, character, and sculptural form.
Hollywood Juniper offers:
-
Naturally Twisted Branches – Few juniper varieties offer this dramatic twisting branching habit, which creates a sculptural silhouette without training or heavy pruning.
-
Instant Character – Its upright trunk, irregular branch shape, and lush green foliage bring mature landscape appeal even when the plant is young from the nursery.
-
Heat and Drought Champion – Once established, Hollywood Juniper tolerates drought, heat, poor soil conditions, wind, and challenging sunny locations better than many shrubs and screening plants, making it an excellent companion to other fast-growing privacy trees from our nursery.
The foliage consists of soft, scale-like adult needles with a small amount of prickly juvenile needles. In summer, the plant can produce small, highly ornamental silvery-blue, berry-like cones that add subtle seasonal interest. Its salt tolerance also makes it useful near coastal gardens, and it is considered deer resistant in many landscapes.
How To Grow Hollywood Juniper Successfully
-
Plant in Full Sun Location
Choose a sunny location with well drained soils. Hollywood Juniper thrives in full sun, and strong sun exposure helps the plant develop dense growth, rich color, and the best twisted form. It adapts to sandy, clay, and poor soil as long as drainage is excellent. -
Allow Natural Form Development
Set the root ball slightly above or level with the surrounding soil, backfill carefully, and avoid forcing the plant into a formal hedge shape. The unique twisting branching habit lets Hollywood Juniper serve as a loose screen or privacy accent without being sheared into a uniform form. -
Enjoy Minimal Maintenance
Water regularly during the first growing season while root growth begins, especially through spring and summer heat. Once established, this evergreen becomes notably tolerant of drought, heat, and poor soil conditions. Light pruning in early spring can remove dead or crossing branches, but heavy pruning into old wood should be avoided because new growth may not return from bare older stems.
When planted in groups or staggered rows, Hollywood Juniper creates a softer, more sculptural screen and works well as a windbreak without looking stiff or overmanaged, and larger specimens can be combined with mature trees for instant landscape impact.
Plant Details
-
Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis ‘Torulosa’
-
Common Names: Hollywood Juniper, twisted juniper, torulosa juniper
-
Mature Size: Up to 15 feet tall and 10 feet wide in its natural form
-
Growing Zones: Thrives in USDA hardiness zones 4–9; often recommended for USDA zone 5–9 California landscapes
-
Sun Requirements: Full sun for best color, dense foliage, and twisted branching
-
Soil Needs: Well-drained soil; adapts to sandy, clay, and poor soils with excellent drainage
-
Water Needs: Moderate during establishment; low once established
-
Growth Rate: Fast-growing for gardeners seeking immediate landscape impact, especially when starting with quality nursery plants
-
Seasonal Interest: Small silvery-blue, berry-like cones in summer
-
Foliage: Dense evergreen green foliage with soft scale-like adult needles and some prickly juvenile needles
-
Best Uses: Specimen tree, privacy screen, loose hedge, windbreak, containers, asian inspired gardens, Mediterranean landscapes, southwest gardens, and architectural focal points, especially when layered with Fern Pine trees for added shade and privacy
-
Tolerances: Drought, heat, poor soil, salt tolerant coastal exposure, wind, and deer pressure
Who It's For
Ideal for:
-
Homeowners who want a unique privacy screen with personality instead of boring hedge walls
-
Garden enthusiasts designing asian inspired gardens, Mediterranean courtyards, or modern landscapes
-
Property owners in California who need a drought tolerant evergreen for sunny, hot, or exposed locations
-
Designers creating focal points with sculptural branching near containers, patios, entries, walls, or architectural features
If you want a healthy, attractive evergreen that brings year-round structure when deciduous plants fade in fall and winter, Hollywood Juniper fits beautifully. It works as a single specimen, in staggered rows for privacy, or as a loose screen where form matters as much as function.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it really require no pruning?
Yes, very little pruning is needed. Hollywood Juniper’s twisted form develops naturally, and heavy pruning can reduce its sculptural appeal. Remove dead, damaged, or crossing growth in early spring, but avoid cutting deeply into old wood.
How quickly does it establish?
With full sun, well drained soils, and regular watering during the first growing season, Hollywood Juniper establishes well and delivers immediate visual impact. In favorable California conditions, larger nursery plants can create useful screening quickly, with strong growth during the growing season.
Will it survive California droughts?
Yes. Once established, Hollywood Juniper is one of the more drought tolerant evergreen choices for California gardens. It still benefits from occasional deep watering during extended drought, especially in extreme summer heat.
Can I get expert planting advice?
Yes. Yardwork offers planting consultations to help choose the best location, prepare the soil, protect the root ball, and plan spacing for a single specimen, privacy screen, or staggered rows. Yardwork can also support soil testing so your plant starts in the right ground conditions.
Ready to Upgrade?
Choose Hollywood Juniper and create bold architectural drama with dense evergreen foliage, sculptural branching, excellent heat performance, salt tolerance, and easy care once established.
Yardwork makes it easier to buy quality plants with expert guidance, secure ordering, soil testing, and planting consultations. We focus on healthy nursery stock so every satisfied customer has a strong start.
Transform Your Landscape with Stunning Twisted Architecture
Hollywood Juniper gives your landscape instant sculptural impact with naturally twisted branches, dense evergreen foliage, and a bold upright form that stands out in full sun.
Also known as twisted juniper, torulosa juniper, and Juniperus chinensis torulosa - pronounced roughly “ju nip er us chi nen sis” - this distinctive evergreen creates year-round structure without the constant pruning required by formal hedge plants. Its dark green foliage stays attractive through winter, especially when deciduous plants have dropped their leaves, making it a strong choice for privacy, entry accents, patios, and architectural garden spaces.
Why You'll Love It
-
Dramatic Twisted Form – Sculptural branching creates a natural living art piece with a bold silhouette that improves as mature plants develop.
-
Year-Round Privacy – Dense evergreen foliage provides reliable screening, structure, and visual weight without needing to be sheared into a rigid hedge.
-
Drought Tolerance – Once established, Hollywood Juniper is drought tolerant, heat tolerant, and well suited to California landscapes with limited summer water.
-
Low Maintenance – This easy care juniper needs minimal pruning and keeps its distinctive shape naturally when planted in full sun and well drained soils.
-
Versatile Placement – Use it as a single specimen, a privacy screen, a windbreak, or a container focal point near a house, wall, courtyard, or garden entry, or combine it with complementary options like a Fern Pine hedge for structured screening.
Hollywood Juniper is commonly used in asian inspired gardens, Mediterranean themes, and natural privacy plantings where homeowners want structure with personality rather than a flat green wall, and it pairs well with other evergreen trees for year-round privacy.
What Makes It Different
Most evergreen screening plants focus on uniformity. They are often planted as a hedge, trimmed into straight lines, and managed for control. Hollywood Juniper is different because its value comes from movement, character, and sculptural form.
Hollywood Juniper offers:
-
Naturally Twisted Branches – Few juniper varieties offer this dramatic twisting branching habit, which creates a sculptural silhouette without training or heavy pruning.
-
Instant Character – Its upright trunk, irregular branch shape, and lush green foliage bring mature landscape appeal even when the plant is young from the nursery.
-
Heat and Drought Champion – Once established, Hollywood Juniper tolerates drought, heat, poor soil conditions, wind, and challenging sunny locations better than many shrubs and screening plants, making it an excellent companion to other fast-growing privacy trees from our nursery.
The foliage consists of soft, scale-like adult needles with a small amount of prickly juvenile needles. In summer, the plant can produce small, highly ornamental silvery-blue, berry-like cones that add subtle seasonal interest. Its salt tolerance also makes it useful near coastal gardens, and it is considered deer resistant in many landscapes.
How To Grow Hollywood Juniper Successfully
-
Plant in Full Sun Location
Choose a sunny location with well drained soils. Hollywood Juniper thrives in full sun, and strong sun exposure helps the plant develop dense growth, rich color, and the best twisted form. It adapts to sandy, clay, and poor soil as long as drainage is excellent. -
Allow Natural Form Development
Set the root ball slightly above or level with the surrounding soil, backfill carefully, and avoid forcing the plant into a formal hedge shape. The unique twisting branching habit lets Hollywood Juniper serve as a loose screen or privacy accent without being sheared into a uniform form. -
Enjoy Minimal Maintenance
Water regularly during the first growing season while root growth begins, especially through spring and summer heat. Once established, this evergreen becomes notably tolerant of drought, heat, and poor soil conditions. Light pruning in early spring can remove dead or crossing branches, but heavy pruning into old wood should be avoided because new growth may not return from bare older stems.
When planted in groups or staggered rows, Hollywood Juniper creates a softer, more sculptural screen and works well as a windbreak without looking stiff or overmanaged, and larger specimens can be combined with mature trees for instant landscape impact.
Plant Details
-
Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis ‘Torulosa’
-
Common Names: Hollywood Juniper, twisted juniper, torulosa juniper
-
Mature Size: Up to 15 feet tall and 10 feet wide in its natural form
-
Growing Zones: Thrives in USDA hardiness zones 4–9; often recommended for USDA zone 5–9 California landscapes
-
Sun Requirements: Full sun for best color, dense foliage, and twisted branching
-
Soil Needs: Well-drained soil; adapts to sandy, clay, and poor soils with excellent drainage
-
Water Needs: Moderate during establishment; low once established
-
Growth Rate: Fast-growing for gardeners seeking immediate landscape impact, especially when starting with quality nursery plants
-
Seasonal Interest: Small silvery-blue, berry-like cones in summer
-
Foliage: Dense evergreen green foliage with soft scale-like adult needles and some prickly juvenile needles
-
Best Uses: Specimen tree, privacy screen, loose hedge, windbreak, containers, asian inspired gardens, Mediterranean landscapes, southwest gardens, and architectural focal points, especially when layered with Fern Pine trees for added shade and privacy
-
Tolerances: Drought, heat, poor soil, salt tolerant coastal exposure, wind, and deer pressure
Who It's For
Ideal for:
-
Homeowners who want a unique privacy screen with personality instead of boring hedge walls
-
Garden enthusiasts designing asian inspired gardens, Mediterranean courtyards, or modern landscapes
-
Property owners in California who need a drought tolerant evergreen for sunny, hot, or exposed locations
-
Designers creating focal points with sculptural branching near containers, patios, entries, walls, or architectural features
If you want a healthy, attractive evergreen that brings year-round structure when deciduous plants fade in fall and winter, Hollywood Juniper fits beautifully. It works as a single specimen, in staggered rows for privacy, or as a loose screen where form matters as much as function.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it really require no pruning?
Yes, very little pruning is needed. Hollywood Juniper’s twisted form develops naturally, and heavy pruning can reduce its sculptural appeal. Remove dead, damaged, or crossing growth in early spring, but avoid cutting deeply into old wood.
How quickly does it establish?
With full sun, well drained soils, and regular watering during the first growing season, Hollywood Juniper establishes well and delivers immediate visual impact. In favorable California conditions, larger nursery plants can create useful screening quickly, with strong growth during the growing season.
Will it survive California droughts?
Yes. Once established, Hollywood Juniper is one of the more drought tolerant evergreen choices for California gardens. It still benefits from occasional deep watering during extended drought, especially in extreme summer heat.
Can I get expert planting advice?
Yes. Yardwork offers planting consultations to help choose the best location, prepare the soil, protect the root ball, and plan spacing for a single specimen, privacy screen, or staggered rows. Yardwork can also support soil testing so your plant starts in the right ground conditions.
Ready to Upgrade?
Choose Hollywood Juniper and create bold architectural drama with dense evergreen foliage, sculptural branching, excellent heat performance, salt tolerance, and easy care once established.
Yardwork makes it easier to buy quality plants with expert guidance, secure ordering, soil testing, and planting consultations. We focus on healthy nursery stock so every satisfied customer has a strong start.
Plants vary greatly by type and no guarantees are made on sizing.
However here is a rough idea of sizes based on containers that are direct from our growing grounds.
15 Gallon Shrub 3-4 Ft. Tall
15 Gallon Tree 5-6 Ft. Tall
24" Box Shrub 5-6 Ft. Tall
24" Box Tree 6-7 Ft. Tall
36" Box Tree 8-10 Ft. Tall
48" Box Tree 10-12 Ft. Tall
Please note: Citrus and California Native plants such as Manzanita are smaller than traditional sizing.
Please contact us to confirm sizing of items before purchasing if this is a concern.
Plants vary greatly by type and no guarantees are made on sizing.
However here is a rough idea of sizes based on containers that are direct from our growing grounds.
15 Gallon Shrub 3-4 Ft. Tall
15 Gallon Tree 5-6 Ft. Tall
24" Box Shrub 5-6 Ft. Tall
24" Box Tree 6-7 Ft. Tall
36" Box Tree 8-10 Ft. Tall
48" Box Tree 10-12 Ft. Tall
Please note: Citrus and California Native plants such as Manzanita are smaller than traditional sizing.
Please contact us to confirm sizing of items before purchasing if this is a concern.
Delivery does not include unloading of trees and plants larger than a 24" box.
Trees and plants in smaller containers will be dropped curbside.
Delivery beyond a curbside drop will be charged extra.
Trees and plants that are sold in container sizes larger than a 24" box size will require equipment and an operator onsite to help unload from the truck.
Please reach out to our team PRIOR to placing your order to coordinate.
Our team can provide unloading assistance with equipment for an extra fee.
Delivery does not include unloading of trees and plants larger than a 24" box.
Trees and plants in smaller containers will be dropped curbside.
Delivery beyond a curbside drop will be charged extra.
Trees and plants that are sold in container sizes larger than a 24" box size will require equipment and an operator onsite to help unload from the truck.
Please reach out to our team PRIOR to placing your order to coordinate.
Our team can provide unloading assistance with equipment for an extra fee.
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Yardwork was so great to work with. First they had the Swan Hill olive trees that we had been searching for, we had contacted several other nurseries without any luck previously. Then they answered all of our questions in a timely matter prior to ordering and finally delivered within a few days of placing it. Their staff is incredibly knowledgeable; they delivered and planted our trees with expertise to ensure that they would do well in our yard. We would definitely work with them again for future projects.
A Modern Experience
At Yardwork, we carefully curate thousands of plants, in all container sizes, to provide you with the best selection of the highest quality trees and plants at the best price, with the convenience of an online platform.
Uncompromised Quality
We choose only the finest specimens and hand select our plants just before delivery to ensure you receive the freshest and most robust specimens available for your landscape.
Industry Leading Warranties
Our 30, 90, and 365 extended warranties provide some of the best coverage to ensure our trees and plants thrive in your landscape.
Frequently Asked Questions
We're committed to changing everything about trees and plants - how they’re grown, how you shop for them, and how much they cost. We handle orders ourselves. No middlemen to get between us (or our prices) and you.
We're committed to changing everything about trees and plants - how they’re grown, how you shop for them, and how much they cost. We handle orders ourselves. No middlemen to get between us (or our prices) and you.
Delivery does not include unloading of trees and plants LARGER than a 24" box.
Trees and plants in smaller containers will be dropped curbside (usually on the driveway or near the front doorstep).
Delivery beyond a curbside drop will be charged extra.
Trees and plants that are sold in container sizes LARGER than a 24" box size will require equipment and/or enough manpower onsite to help unload from the truck.
Please reach out to our team PRIOR to placing your order to help coordinate.
Our team can provide unloading assistance with equipment for an extra fee as well.
Delivery does not include unloading of trees and plants LARGER than a 24" box.
Trees and plants in smaller containers will be dropped curbside (usually on the driveway or near the front doorstep).
Delivery beyond a curbside drop will be charged extra.
Trees and plants that are sold in container sizes LARGER than a 24" box size will require equipment and/or enough manpower onsite to help unload from the truck.
Please reach out to our team PRIOR to placing your order to help coordinate.
Our team can provide unloading assistance with equipment for an extra fee as well.
We ship locally within California within 7-10 days of your order being placed.
We ship nationally using carrier partners, based on order size. Our common order minimums for out of state shipping is $5,000.
Text or call 323-576-4159 for specific shipping details for your location.
We ship locally within California within 7-10 days of your order being placed.
We ship nationally using carrier partners, based on order size. Our common order minimums for out of state shipping is $5,000.
Text or call 323-576-4159 for specific shipping details for your location.
We are currently online only and don't have physical locations where you can view plants in person.
That's why we have photos direct from the growing grounds of the plants we will ship and we display pricing right in our store.
We do make sure to pick the very best trees and plants prior to shipping and make sure that they have gone through our multi-point inspection for health and structure.
We will always reach out prior to delivery if we find a quality issue or need to provide a substitute.
We are currently online only and don't have physical locations where you can view plants in person.
That's why we have photos direct from the growing grounds of the plants we will ship and we display pricing right in our store.
We do make sure to pick the very best trees and plants prior to shipping and make sure that they have gone through our multi-point inspection for health and structure.
We will always reach out prior to delivery if we find a quality issue or need to provide a substitute.
Plants vary greatly by type. Here is a rough idea of sizes based on containers that are direct from our growing grounds.
15 Gallon Shrub 3-4 Ft. Tall
15 Gallon Tree 5-6 Ft. Tall
24" Box Shrub 5-6 Ft. Tall
24" Box Tree 6-7 Ft. Tall
36" Box Shrub/Tree 7-9 Ft. Tall
48" Box Shrub/Tree 8-10 Ft. Tall
**Please note that we do not make guarantees of sizes. If you have questions or concerns, please call or text to request accurate sizing for the particular plant you're considering, prior to ordering.
Plants vary greatly by type. Here is a rough idea of sizes based on containers that are direct from our growing grounds.
15 Gallon Shrub 3-4 Ft. Tall
15 Gallon Tree 5-6 Ft. Tall
24" Box Shrub 5-6 Ft. Tall
24" Box Tree 6-7 Ft. Tall
36" Box Shrub/Tree 7-9 Ft. Tall
48" Box Shrub/Tree 8-10 Ft. Tall
**Please note that we do not make guarantees of sizes. If you have questions or concerns, please call or text to request accurate sizing for the particular plant you're considering, prior to ordering.
We offer a limited 30 day warranty for plants that are delivered and planted by someone else and a 90 day warranty for plants that we plant.
The limited warranty covers plants that die as a result of disease or fungus which was derived from our growing grounds or from root balls that were root bound.
The warranty does not cover damage due to watering, fertilizer, soils, or any other conditions beyond our control. Additionally, the warranty does not cover plants that are shipped out of the state of California or shipped into California from other states. Custom plant orders are also not covered under warranty. Plants must be planted within 24 hours after delivery to qualify.
We can assist you in recommending the right soils and fertilizers to help your plant thrive after you plant it.
Text or call 323-576-4159 for further warranty information.
We offer a limited 30 day warranty for plants that are delivered and planted by someone else and a 90 day warranty for plants that we plant.
The limited warranty covers plants that die as a result of disease or fungus which was derived from our growing grounds or from root balls that were root bound.
The warranty does not cover damage due to watering, fertilizer, soils, or any other conditions beyond our control. Additionally, the warranty does not cover plants that are shipped out of the state of California or shipped into California from other states. Custom plant orders are also not covered under warranty. Plants must be planted within 24 hours after delivery to qualify.
We can assist you in recommending the right soils and fertilizers to help your plant thrive after you plant it.
Text or call 323-576-4159 for further warranty information.
Our local delivery team covers most cities in California.
There are some exceptions, so please get in touch to confirm prior to ordering.
Additionally, we ship using semi trucks and trailers throughout the entire United States and even abroad for large orders over $5,000. Each shipment is custom, so please reach out to our team to coordinate.
Our local delivery team covers most cities in California.
There are some exceptions, so please get in touch to confirm prior to ordering.
Additionally, we ship using semi trucks and trailers throughout the entire United States and even abroad for large orders over $5,000. Each shipment is custom, so please reach out to our team to coordinate.