General Description | A slow growing, dense, rich green dwarf specimen plant |
Shape | Densely sprawling to loosely mounding-pyramidal. |
Landscape | It can be used in the rock garden, front of mixed border or foundation planting or as an accent-specimen plant in the landscape. |
Cultivation | It prefers moist but well drained soil with a moderately humid atmosphere in a sunny disposition protected from drying winds. |
Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
Bark/Stem Description | Reddish brown, shed in long narrow strips but usually hidden by the dense foliage. |
Leaf Description | Closely pressed, 2 sizes, the lateral pair much larger, boat-shaped, lined underneath with white x-shaped markings. |
Flower Description | Monoecious, staminate, yellow, pistillate, solitary. |
Fruit Description | Cones, short stalked, solitary, usually 8 scales. |
Colour Description | Shiney green with white lines between the scales on the undersides. |
Texture Description | Medium. |