A graceful, fast-growing evergreen tree with feathery, fern-like foliage and delicate small white flowers followed by colorful pink to reddish berries. Highly drought-tolerant once established, it thrives in warm, arid climates and is often used as an ornamental or screening plant.
'Torrey Pines' is a common cultivar with a more compact form. Most plants in cultivation are similar to the species type, valued for their ornamental weeping habit and drought tolerance.