| General Description | Small sized, dense spreading shrub. Typically used as a solitary ornamental specimen. |
| ID Characteristic | Foliage may develop a silvery grey colour, and females will produce abundant bluish cones. Graceful horizontal spreading form. |
| Shape | Low, horizontal and spreading. |
| Cultivation | Grow in full or partial sun. Maintenance is low; pruning is not recommended, and they are tolerant of many conditions such as drought, pollution, salt, and is adaptable to many soil pH types. |
| Pests | This cultivar is resistant to Phomopsis, but does exhibit symptoms of tip dieback. |
| Notable Specimens | Rayner Gardens, London, Ontario, Canada. The Gardens of Fanshawe College, London, Ontario, Canada. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Reddish-brown bark, exfoliates in strips from sharp, spiky, scale-like extrusions. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Small bud, 2-5 mm, light brown, scale-like arrangement, shows annual growth. |
| Leaf Description | Feather-like arrangement of alternately facing branchlets, 2-7 cm long, both scale and awl-like appearance. Depression on back side of needles, 2 - 5 mm long, where silver/blue colour is especially visible. Emits cedar like aroma when crushed. |
| Fruit Description | Females produce abundant small 1.5 cm, bluish cones. |
| Colour Description | Silvery-grey foliage with reddish-brown bark and bluish cones. |
| Texture Description | Thick, dense textured shrub, which has overlapping branches of soft, but prickly branchlets. |
