PlantFiles: Buddhist Pine, Japanese Yew
Podocarpus macrophyllus

I have this plant in a large container .This summer ( the first in 4 years) the yew was loaded with berries. They fell off and I just swept them off the driveway into the grass. Yesterday Oct 30 th , I noticed I have about 20 small seedlings. I'll leave then until spring , then hope to pot them up .They even started to sprout in a plastic baggie. It's a beautiful plant and faces east near Birmingham Alabama.

I never water it, never feed it. In half day full hot sun. Took a clipping and put it in a large styrofoam coffee cup with peat and perlite and watered. It did terrible for two weeks then something knocked it over and I didn't see it for a month. Bone dry and it looked snappy. So I ripped off the cup bottom and planted. Doing well, no water, no food. Half a day of sun.

An oval shrub or small tree with needle-like leaves which are flat and dark green. A moderate to slow growth rate but can become very large if left alone to grow undisturbed. Good coastal plant as it is salt and heat tolerant.