The twisted branches of the Chinese juniper display a unique beauty
Chinese juniper belongs to the cypress family, genus Juniperus. An evergreen shrub, its branches and trunk are often crooked and prostrate, with branchlets rising in dense clumps. The awl-shaped leaves are slender and short, usually decussate or in whorls of 3, 3-6 mm long, tightly arranged, and slightly spreading. The cones are round, with a blue...

Chinese juniper belongs to the cypress family, genus Juniperus. An evergreen shrub, its branches and trunk are often crooked and prostrate, with branchlets rising in dense clumps. The awl-shaped leaves are slender and short, usually decussate or in whorls of 3, 3-6 mm long, tightly arranged, and slightly spreading. The cones are round, with a blue-green color.
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