Cultivars
'Aurea'
This large tree forms a pyramidal habit to 30 m (110ft) the golden form grows only to 2.5 metres in 10 years. The leaves are in flattened fan shape in green with golden tips.
'Boulevard'
This shrub forms a broad pyramidal habit with blue-green foliage. It will attain 1 metre growth in 10 years and tolerates a light prune to thicken up.
'Compacta' and 'Compacta Variegata'
This small conifer has a compact bun habit with only blue-green adult foliage with white markings on the undersides occurring in recurving fans. Slow growing to 200mm (8in) in 10 years. 'Compacta Variegata' produces leaves that have pale yellowing markings.
'Flifera Aurea' Threadleaf False Cyprus
This slow growing coniferous tree grows to 2 m in 10 years and can attain a mature height of 6 m forming a broad, conical habit. It has a thread like golden weeping foliage on the trunk is reddish-brown with peeling bark.
'Gold Mop'
This plant forms a low rounded habit with yellow-gold foliage.
'Nana Aureovariegata'
This slow growing conifer forms a low bun habit with two types of foliage, blue-green and the golden form. It may grow to 300mm (1ft) in 10 to 12 years.
'Plumosa'
This shrub forms a conical habit that grows to 3m (10ft) in 10 years. The soft foliage is finely divided.
'Plumosa Aurea'
This vigorous upright small tree forms a conical habit to 8m (25ft) tall with spreading ascending branches that are heavily covered in sprays of soft yellow tipped pale green foliage. It is suitable for small gardens in a cool climate attaining a height o 3m (6ft) in ten years. It responds to light tip pruning and can be shaped in to a rounded habit if required.
'Plumosa Compressa'
This slow growing compact shrub forms a rounded to broad pyramidal habit with spreading branches. The light green foliage is plumose-like and the shrub is suitable for small gardens.
'Plumosa Flavescens'
This compact shrub forms a conical habit with the leaves are creamy-yellow turning green during autumn. It grows to 500mm (30in) in 10 years.
'Squarrosa'
This pyramidal conifer grows from 8-20 m (25-65ft) tall with horizontal to ascending branches that have pale silvery grey-green juvenile needle-like soft foliage only, that turn dull purplish during winter. There are several cultivars relating to this form, and they are listed below.
'Squarrosa Aurea'
This dwarf shrub has an upright rounded habit to 1 m (3ft) in 10 years and has yellowish outer leaves and a greenish blue inner leaves.
'Squarrosa intermedia'
This semi dwarf shrub produces bluish foliage on long shoots that need regular trimming to maintain a compact habit. It is slow growing and requires attention to remove reverting foliage type.
'Squarrosa lutea'
This dwarf shrub grows to 1.2 m (4ft) tall forming an irregular rounded globular habit with sulphur yellow foliage.
'Squarrosa minima'
This compact, dwarf shrub grows to 300 mm (1ft) in 10 years forming a globular habit with olive green foliage.
'Squarrosa sulphurea'
This small slow growing shrub forms a dance globular habit with sulphur yellow foliage that is very prominent during spring.
'Snow'
This Squarrosa-type dwarf shrub to 600mm (2ft) tall forms a compact habit with bluish grey foliage with creamy-white tips. It can spread to 1m (3ft) across but is susceptible to damage from strong full sun or cold winds. It is suitable for small gardens preferring a cool climate.
'Tsukumo'
This small shrub is upright with open spreading branches that form a rounded habit. The foliage is light green becoming yellowish towards the tips and the plant is suitable for small gardens or rockeries.