| General Description | A coniferous slow growing shrub with a brilliant yellow coloured foliage on new growth persisting for 4-6 weeks, turning into a bluish green colour as it ages. Aged bark on the plant has a scaly appearance turning from a dull grey colour to a cinnamon brown colour. |
| ID Characteristic | Easily identifiable by its bright yellow new growth and densely pyramidal form. |
| Shape | Densely pyramidal. |
| Landscape | A relatively low maintenance shrub, dense, with a strong central leader and a strongly pyramidal form. It can make an excellent accent plant or a hedge. |
| Cultivation | Full sun, adaptable to both dry and wet growing conditions. Drought tolerant. |
| Pests | Susceptible to spruce canker and gypsy moth. |
| Notable Specimens | Fanshawe College, London, Ontario, Canada. Whistling Gardens, Wilsonville, Ontario, Canada. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Scaly, 2-4 cm thick, dull grey in its youth but gradually turning a brown cinnamon colour and furrowed with age. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | The buds are sulphurous yellow and about 4 mm long. The terminal bud will grow approximately 10-20 cm a year with lateral buds growing 10-12 cm. |
| Leaf Description | Needles have a habit of growing closely together. The needles are short, soft and pointed at the tips, each needle is 4 sided forming a neat little square. Needles vary in length from 2-4 cm and are spirally arranged extending outwards on all sides of the branch. |
| Flower Description | Flowers are monecious and yellow in colour, pistillate flowers are a dull green to purple in colour. |
| Fruit Description | The cones are fairly scarce on this cultivar, growing to an average of 7 cm long and cylindrical, 2 cm across with thin bandy scales. The cones are a deep cinnamon colour and mature in just one growing season. |
| Colour Description | Starts out in the spring with attractive, showy vibrant yellow new growth that eventually fades into a blue-green after 4-6 weeks. The tree has dull grey to cinnamon brown bark with age. Cones are true cinnamon colour persisting through maturity. |
| Texture Description | Medium to coarse in summer. |
