 The cultivar 'Shimpaku' is a very important bonsai subject.The Chinese juniper is widely used in bonsai, both as individual plants, such as the 250-year-old "Omiya tree" in the Birmingham Botanical Gardens in the UK, and in groups, such as the well-known "Goshin" on display at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum at the US National Arboretum.The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit