Question: We have 12 podocarpus plants that are more than 6 feet tall. All look healthy except one that is slowly turning yellow and dying. Can you help? Answer: A root or trunk problem is likely ...

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 ...

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: ...

The podocarpus is an evergreen tree that eventually can reach 50 feet in height. This rarely happens because this plant takes happily to shaping and shearing. It is one of the best trees for topiary, ...

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 ...