Description
Small, slow growing evergreen tree, conifer (H 2-3 m, W 2,5-4 m). Bark dark violet-brown to grey-brown, flaky. Crown broad, rounded to pillow-shaped, irregular, sparsely branched, picturesque. Branches open to horizontal. Needles (4-6 cm) spiraly twisted, pointed, in fives, outer side blue-green, inner side light grey-blue to grey. Requires sufficiently drained, but always moist soils.