| General Description | It is a medium sized tree with drooping yellow tipped foliage and pyramidal to columnar shape. |
| ID Characteristic | Narrowly ovoid, drooping yellow tipped foliage with an indistinct white line on the undersurface. |
| Shape | The shape of this tree is pyramidal, columnar, narrowly ovoid with drooping tips. |
| Landscape | This plant can be used as a specimen tree, hedging, screening, or in a low maintenance garden. |
| Propagation | Propagation by cuttings taken in October placed in half sand and half peat moss media have a 90% success rate. It may also be grafted to the understock of a Chamaecyparis lawsoniana. |
| Cultivation | This tree should be planted in full sun with moist but well-drained slightly acidic soil. It can also tolerate drought conditions but its growth will be much slower. If used for hedging, two prunings per growing season are required. |
| Pests | Phytophthora lateralis, which is a type of root rot that will kill the tree quickly, and aphids which can cause tip die back. |
| Notable Specimens | The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. The University of Oregon, Oregon, U.S.A. |
| Bark/Stem Description | The bark is silvery-brown to reddish-brown and it takes on a rough appearance as the plant ages. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | The buds are 2–4 mm in size, slightly conical, and brown in colour. Chamaecyparis does not bud on old wood. |
| Leaf Description | The foliage is closely pressed, opposite pairs with white marking on the undersurface. The lateral pair is keel-shaped 1.5–3 mm long, often glandular pitted with long or short spreading points. |
| Flower Description | The flowers are monoecious, the staminate is pink to crimson and the pistillate are steely-blue. |
| Fruit Description | The cones are globose, 8 mm wide, bluish-green turning to a reddish brown. Michael Dirr says “This cone resembles a soccer ball”. |
| Colour Description | The leaflets are glaucous green to light green and have yellow tips that persist all year round. |
| Texture Description | It is a medium textured tree. |
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