For many years Southern California gardens have included the familiar soft, willowy silhouettes of the fern pine, Podocarpus gracilior. Now another podocarpus is gaining ground in the garden — the ...

Dear Roger: Can you identify this tree or shrub? I sent you a picture of a piece I broke off a tree or shrub that's in my friend's yard in Laurel Hill. Thank you so much. - Louise Bingham Dear Louise: ...

All podocarpus plants are members of the Podocarpaceae family. All are evergreen conifers that grow in tropical or subtropical locations. Though the different species are similar in appearance, their ...

Podocarpus, a.k.a. Japanese yew, is a good evergreen for North Texas that is not used very often. Question: Could you please identify this tree? The picture was taken in Dallas. D.G., Dallas Answer: ...

Why install plants with potential heights of 40 to 50 feet to serve as waist or chest-high hedges? That’s been the case for a long time with podocarpus (P. macrophyllus), a Japanese evergreen tree. Of ...

I talk a lot in these columns and in my gardening classes about landscape plants that have various elements of aesthetic interest and about plants that are weird, unusual or uniquely noteworthy. It ...

Question. My podocarpus has black on the leaves and suffers in the sun during the heat. What should I do? Answer. Podocarpus are tough, durable plants that can grow under challenging situations, but ...

1 Spatial patterns of two codominant dioecious tree species, Podocarpus nagi and Neolitsea aciculata, were analysed at Mt. Mikasa, Nara City, Japan. Podocarpus nagi has a higher shade tolerance but a ...

We analyzed sex ratio, growth rates, and spacing among individuals of Podocarpus nagi, a dioecious tree, on Mt. Mikasa, Nara City, Japan. The sex ratio of reproductive trees ≥ 5 cm in stem diameter at ...

Purple passion plant, or Gynura aurantiaca is an old-fashioned houseplant native to tropical regions in Africa, Malaysia, China and Thailand. Grown as a houseplant during the winter, it can be ...