Depending on the cultivar used the plant can serve as a groundcover, low massing plant, hedge, screen and specimen small tree. Leaves are very stiff, almost plastic like and typically a yellow green color. Young stems are consistently a yellow green color. Mature bark is an attractive silver gray color. Dioecious, creamy white, quite fragrant.
Scale can be problematic and a variety of minor insect and diseases can affect the plant.
In general quite durable.