This is a vigorous grower, becoming a dense, evergreen erect shrub to 8 feet tall with silvery gray-green leaves that twist along the length of the leaf, a characteristic that can help to identify this cultivar when out of bloom. The "flowers" consist of lime-sulfur bracts surrounding a large silver female cone in late spring and early summer on stems to 3 feet long. Plant in full sun, in well-drained soil and avoid over fertilizing - don't use fertilizer with phosphorus. Water moderately to occasionally. This plant takes seaside conditions and is frost hardy (down to approximately 20 degrees F).
