Conifer, evergreen, slow growth rate, dwarf, mounding to conical habit, about 4 ft (1.2 m) high in 10 years (some say much less), can be pruned to keep it dwarf. Tips of new growth white.
Sun to part shade. Prefers well-drained and somewhat dry soil.
Discovered as a seedling by William Goddard, Floravista Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in about 1964.