Foliage Notes:
Green (Lustrous dark green to dull bluish-green evergreen foliage)
Soil Notes:
Fairly adaptable, but best on moist to wet soils with good aeration
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Long-pointed scales on leading shoots, more blunt scales on lateral shoots, with leaves being opposite in 4 rows. White waxy leaf markings (like butterfly wings) are often visible beneath, on the dull green side of the branchlets (sometimes not clear). Branches horizontal or drooping, but turning upward at the end, especially the lower branches.