‘Weeping Willie’ is a weeping form with blue-green, almost turquoise needles with an open habit. It sends out narrow shoots that may be weeping or twisting outward in unpredictable patterns. The whole tree arches over, but can be staked to be more upright.

In its native habitat Douglas-fir, a native evergreen tree, has a strong pyramidal growth habit with pendulous lower branches that give it a very graceful appearance. The cones on the species are interesting – they hang downward and each cone scale has a three-pointed bract. Douglas fir is native to the Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific Coast. In the Pacific coastal regions, it can attain heights of up to 250'. They are used for timber and are valued as Christmas trees because of their short needles with good retention.