Hollywood juniper is a cultivar shrub in the Cupressaceae (cypress) family that was exported from Japan in 1920. This tree is salt and heat tolerant and is popular in California and the southwest. It can grow up to 15 feet tall and 10 feet wide in an irregular shape as it matures. The upright branches are slightly twisted with swirling tufts of foliage. Hollywood juniper prefers full sun and well-drained soils. It can tolerate part sun, alkaline soils, poor soils, urban conditions and is drought tolerant once established. This tree isn't ideal as a hedge due to the irregular growth pattern and is best used as a specimen or near the corners of buildings and as an accent near gates or other hardscapes in the western part of the country. It has also been used as a bonsai specimen. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No significant problems. Mites and bagworms can infest the foliage. Root rot and bacterial blight can occur in poorly drained soils. See the "Pests of Conifers" fact sheet to the left. The Clemson Cooperative Extension Home and Garden Information Center has a factsheet on common juniper diseases and insect pests. VIDEO created by Ryan Contreras for “Landscape Plant Materials I: Deciduous Hardwoods and Conifers or Landscape Plant Materials II: Spring Flowering Trees and Shrubs” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.