Prefers moist, well-drained soils and full sun. An excellent ornamental and good for screening. Copper-brown in Autumn. Pyramidal, conical, regular with a single straight trunk in youth. Maintains a feathery-pyramidal growth habit.
Branches grow almost horizontally.
Fine in leaf, less so when defoliated. Contains 5-9 winged seeds. Cones ripen in early December and shed their seeds in late December and early January. Seed wings are minute. Seldom requires pruning due to neat, uniform, conical habit.