| General Description | Very tight and grows upright, when it gets older it opens up and becomes slightly pendulous. It has purple berries that attracts birds and wild life. young leaves are scale-like and the older ones are awl-shaped. |
| ID Characteristic | Grows up right with a showy trunk and a tight upright growth. It has dense dark green foliage year round and hosts blue cones and purplish fruits. It grows in a pyramidal form with young leaves seem scale-like. the foliage is tufted at the ends. |
| Shape | Rayner Gardens, London, Ontario, Canada. |
| Cultivation | It grows well in clay, loam, acidic and alkaline and well drained soils and has a high tolerance of drought and salt. |
| Pests | Of little concern. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description | The bark is greyish to a reddish-brown. On older trees the bark peels off in hairy strips. |
| Leaf Description | It has a simple leaf that is awl-like and scale-like. They are opposite, whorled and never change colour, they stay a rich green all year round. |
| Flower Description | The flowers are green and yellow, they are very inconspicuous. The flowers are not very showy and are not seen very easy without looking deep. |
| Fruit Description | The tree produces purplish berries that are round and are about 5-7 mm in size. |
| Colour Description | The bark is a reddish-brown, but young plants have a tinge of grey. The tree bares purple berries that attract wildlife such as birds. The needles do not change colour at all during the year and are consistently dark green. |
