| General Description | Very Prickly, bushy blue in colour very heat and drought tolerant 3.3-5m in height and 2.3-2.67 m in width. |
| ID Characteristic | Blue foliage, angular branching with a dense pyramidal form and pronounced blue foliage. |
| Shape | Columnar, pyramidal and dense. |
| Landscape | Popular as a specimen or used in groupings. It is very salt tolerant and is also somewhat drought tolerant. |
| Propagation | Grafted in early January/Febuary in the green house and held untill the spring and summmer months then the cuttings are put outside in the shade or hoop houses for hardening off. |
| Cultivation | This plant is best cultivated in a rich, loamy soil in full sun. |
| Pests | Spruce gall , aphids , spruce bud worm and spider mites. |
| Notable Specimens | The Gardens of Fanshawe College, Dwarf Conifer Garden, London Ontario. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description | The bark starts out as a light brown colour but as the tree ages the light brown colour turns to an orange-brown shade. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Broadly conical to nearly spherical, the apex is blunt while the bud is yellow-brown. The buds are not resinous. |
| Leaf Description | Stout, rigid, incurved and very prickly, about 0.3-0.14 mm in size, 4 sided with 6 stomatic lines on each side of the leaf. |
| Flower Description | Monoecious, staminate orange, pistillate and greenish purple in colour. |
| Fruit Description | An elongated oval shape, 3-6cm in length and 1-3cm in width; brownish in colour. |
| Colour Description | Blue foliage with orange-brown bark. |
| Texture Description | Medium to coarse texture. |