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PODOCARPUS

Additional Plant Details

  • Good to know - Thrives in humid or high rainfall climates. Yew-like but not harmful. Wind pollinated. Male and female plants needed to produce plum-like, usually single seeded fruits with red fleshy aril at base. Genus notably resistant to honey fungus (Pfaf).
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    Pests & Diseases - trouble free

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    Place of Origin - warm temperate to tropical forests

Delivery Information

Now is our busy spring period - orders are being packed 6 days a week, however please remember it may be 10 days before you RECEIVE your plants.

Orders can also be collected in person from our Nurseries, or some of our shows - just tell us during the checkout process.

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PODOCARPUS

Alpine totara

Burncoose Catalogue Code

Conifer - with spirally arranged leaves, variable in shape. Male flowers yellow or red, female green in cone-like structures

Hardiness Rating

Fully hardy to Frost tender - Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F) but plants could be possibly damaged below 5°C (41°F)

Preferred Location

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Full Sun

Soil Conditions

Fertile moist well-drained soil

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Varieties

PODOCARPUS acutifolius
Very unusual foliage form with a dense prickly habit
 MULTIBUY  Any 3+ £10.00 each
£13.50 each

PODOCARPUS andinus

PODOCARPUS andinus  >

Chilean yew, Plum yew
Yew-like habit with black fruits
£13.50 each
Large £35.00 each

PODOCARPUS x 'Blaze'
Young growth is a startling orange becoming green to purple-bronze. Compact habit, female
 MULTIBUY  Any 3+ £10.00 each
£13.50 each

PODOCARPUS x 'County Park Fire'
Salmon-pink new growth in MAY, rich reddish-orange in winter. Slow growing
 MULTIBUY  Any 3+ £10.00 each
£13.50 each

PODOCARPUS elongatus 'Blue Chip'
A most impressive podocarpus with long linear leaves which are a stunning glaucous blue colour. Imported from New Zealand this plant is new to the UK but has survived 3 winters outside in the South of England
Small £15.50 each

PODOCARPUS cunninghamii 'Roro'
(hallii) - male with pointed pale green leaves. The new shoots are a startling cream to purplish colour
 MULTIBUY  Any 3+ £10.00 each
£13.50 each

PODOCARPUS lawrencei

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Tasmanian podocarp
Suitable for rockeries, this groundcover species has yew-like leaves which are blue or grey-green
 MULTIBUY  Any 3+ £10.00 each
£13.50 each

PODOCARPUS macrophyllus 'Aureus'

PODOCARPUS macrophyllus 'Aureus'  >

Buddhist pine, Kusamaki
Distinct leaves up to six inches long with a yellowish hue when grown in full sun
£15.00 each

PODOCARPUS nivalis

PODOCARPUS nivalis  >

Alpine totara
One of the hardiest species for the UK which forms a low spreading mound and makes excellent ground cover
 MULTIBUY  Any 3+ £10.00 each
£13.50 each

PODOCARPUS nivalis 'Kilworth Cream'
A compact dwarf shrub with a creamy-white hue all year but especially in winter. New growth is pinkish in spring
 MULTIBUY  Any 3+ £10.00 each
£13.50 each

PODOCARPUS nubigenus

PODOCARPUS nubigenus  >

Chilean podocarp
An attractive slow growing shrub with spiral pointed dark green leaves, glaucous underneath
 MULTIBUY  Any 3+ £10.00 each
£13.50 each

PODOCARPUS salignus

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Willow podocarp
(Syn. chilensis) - long, shiny, dark green leaves, an excellent background foliage for flower arrangements
£9.50 each
Large £35.00 each

PODOCARPUS totara
Slow growing shrub with pale greenish-yellow pointed leaves. Appears rather yew-like
 MULTIBUY  Any 3+ £10.00 each
£13.50 each

PODOCARPUS totara 'Aureus'
New growth a light yellowy white then turning more golden yellow later
 MULTIBUY  Any 3+ £10.00 each
£13.50 each

PODOCARPUS x 'Young Rusty'
Free fruiting female form with rust coloured foliage
 MULTIBUY  Any 3+ £10.00 each
£13.50 each


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