Compact, columnar to 10 m or more tall with exceptional dense, silvery foliage to near ground level. A slower-growing habit and foliage seedling variant that originated from Hodgins Nursery of Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria c. 1936. Vic: Dandenongs ('Pirianda'); Melbourne (Royal Bot. Gds, Tennyson Lawn); Watsonia (Office of Corrections, Grimshaw St).