Chamaecyparis are evergreen trees, usually of narrowly ovoid or columnar outline, with much-branched sprays of small scale-like leaves, and small, globose cones; tiny red male cones are conspicuous in a few cultivars
'Pygmaea Argentea' is a slow-growing dwarf conifer forming a small rounded bushy shrub to 2m in height, with dark blue-green foliage variegated with white at the tips, especially in spring