Plant in full sun to light shade and irrigate occasionally to infrequently. Has proven quite drought tolerant in California gardens and is hardy below 0 °F and useful in USDA Zones 5 and above. This plant makes a sculptural specimen plant or can be planted as a natural and somewhat unusual large screening plant.

The species is native to China, Myanmar, Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East. The junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere with the genus name an old Latin name used by Virgil and Pliny with the specific epithet a reference to the origins of the plant in China.

This cultivar has long known in the nursery trade as Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa' and made popular in California with the name Hollywood Juniper. The species was reportedly first introduced into California in 1871 by Stephen Nolan at his Belleview Nursery in Oakland and the variety 'Kaizuka' reportedly was an introduction from Japan’s Yokohama Nursery, established in until 1890, sometime prior to 1920. Yokohama Nursery also established a nursery outlet for their plants in San Francisco in 1990 and an associated company, operating as Yokohama Gardeners' Association was selling Japanese plants at their outlet in Oakland, California as early as 1892. We grew this interesting sculptural plant from 1979 until 1997. 

The information displayed on this page about Juniperus chinensis 'Kaizuka' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.