Itoigawa or Kishu?

ShimpakuBonsai

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The picture of the OP is not a shimpaku juniper.

I think that's J. chinensis 'Sargentii'

The Juniperus chinensis saregntii is the "base" for shimpaku, see the text below (copy of this resources page).

Scale-leaf junipers: The adult leaves are mostly scale-like, in opposite pairs or whorls of three, and the juvenile needle-like leaves are not jointed at the base.
  • Old World species:
    • Juniperus chinensis- Chinese Juniper. Native range is Japan, Korea, China, and Mongolia.
      • Juniperus chinensis subsp. sargentii- Sargent's Juniper; Shimpaku
        • Juniperus chinensis subsp. sargentii var. Itoigawa

        • Juniperus chinensis subsp. sargentii var. Kishu
 

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The picture of the OP is not a shimpaku juniper.



The Juniperus chinensis saregntii is the "base" for shimpaku, see the text below (copy of this resources page).

Scale-leaf junipers: The adult leaves are mostly scale-like, in opposite pairs or whorls of three, and the juvenile needle-like leaves are not jointed at the base.
  • Old World species:
    • Juniperus chinensis- Chinese Juniper. Native range is Japan, Korea, China, and Mongolia.
      • Juniperus chinensis subsp. sargentii- Sargent's Juniper; Shimpaku
        • Juniperus chinensis subsp. sargentii var. Itoigawa

        • Juniperus chinensis subsp. sargentii var. Kishu
Yes, but that's not how the American nursery trade labels their plants. J. c. 'Sargentii' is used to refer to a particular clone, which looks something like this:


Bad nomenclature, but that is what their tags read.
 

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Shimpaku is a variation of Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis, or Ibuki or Byaku-shin in Japanese).
Its Latin botanical name is Juniperus chinensis ‘sargentii,’ named after C.S. Sargent who identified it on Hokkaido in 1892.

I can recommend you to read the info linked below.
Link: http://wbffbonsai.com/Info/ShimpakuJuniper.pdf
 

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This is almost surely Sea Green.
 
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