Long-blooming, it flowers from late May until fall frost. Small, fragrant, slightly ruffled flowers have green throats. Excellent for containers.

Grown as a commercial Christmas tree, this blue-green conifer has flat sprays of scalelike leaves. In dry, hot climates, susceptible to spider mites. Prone to canker fungus and bagworm.

One and one-half foot tall flower clusters produce up to 30 trumpet-shaped blue flowers that open gradually. Depending on the climate, can be evergreen or deciduous.

Widely planted and fast-growing, its slightly wavy leaves are two-toned green with uneven white edges.