LAKELAND -- When gardeners think about Podocarpus, they're more likely to view them as utilitarian plants than as objects of beauty. This isn't surprising because Podocarpus don't bear attractive ...

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 ...

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 ...

A podocarpus sounds like a denizen of Jurassic Park -- and it was. But it's not a dinosaur; it's an evergreen shrub that's been around since prehistoric times and still serves several valuable ...

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 ...