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Podocarpus alpinus = Podocarpus lawrencei |
Podocarpus elongata ICEE BLUE® 'Monmal' (11/03) |
ht: 15-25 ft. tall x 10-12 ft. wide (estimate)
ha: pyramidal, dense
lc: blue-gray to blue-green - more glaucous than species typical
ch: USDA 9
in, so: Monrovia Nursery (online catalog
2003)
Podocarpus henkellii
|
Podocarpus lawrencei (P. alpinus) |
ns: the popular spellings P. lawrencii and P. lawrenceii are incorrect.
ht: 1.0m
ha: semi-dwarf
lc: rich blue-green to blue
photo, wholesale source:
Esveld
Podocarpus lawrencei 'County Park Fire' (3/01) |
ht: 50cm in 10 years
lc: new growth bright salmon pink
afc: reddish-brown tints in cold weather in fall and winter
source:
Golden Acres Nursery
Podocarpus lawrencei 'Purple King' |
ht: 1.5m tall x 2m wide in 10
years
ha: low-spreading, mounded, more vigorous and open than species
typical
lc: foliage brownish-purple in winter, very showy. New growth
light tan.
or: New Zealand c. 1990
so: Plant Delights
so: Forest Farm
Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Albovariegatus' = 'Argenteus' |
Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Angustifolius' |
ll: 7-13mm
lw: 6-8mm - narrower than var. macrophyllus at 9-11mm - similar
to var. maki however
or: Dr. Maximowicz received from Japan and sent to St. Petersburg
Bot. Gard. 1864
Podocarpus macrophyllus var. appressus |
ll: 2.0cm long - much shorter
lw: 1.5-2.0mm wide - very narrow
la: acute apex
lt: stiff, erect leaf
Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki 'Argenteus' ('Albovariegatus') |
lc: stripped and mottled
silvery white
or: introduced by Robert Fortune in 1861 to Veitch Nurseries UK
(from Japan?)
ns: we follow Dr. Yokoi and Y. Hirose in assigning this cultivar
to var. maki.
Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Aureus' |
ll: larger than species
typical
lw: wider than species typical
lc: yellow variegated
or: sent by Dr. von Siebold to Leiden in 1845 (from Japan?)
Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Aureovariegatus' = 'Aureus' |
Podocarpus macrophyllus var. chingii |
ht: 8m
ha: columnar with densely clustered foliage
bk: more fibrous, brown (species more grey, furrowed)
tw: green
ls: linear-obling to narrowly spatulate
la: acute to obtuse
lc: midrib very conspicuous above
geo: known from Chenkiang China.
Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Compactus' = 'Hillier's Compact' |
Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Hillier's Compact' ('Compactus') |
ht: 1.2m (Hillier Arboretum)
ha: slow, shrubby
ll: 6-8cm
lw: 6-9mm wide
lc: midrib conspicuous on both sides
or: Hillier Nur. since before 1964
Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Luteovariegatus' = 'Aureus' |
Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki |
ha: semi-dwarf, forming a
shrub to small tree. Looks like Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata' in
time.
ls: more linear-lanceolate
la: distinctly cuspidate to acuminate
ll: 4-7cm
lw: 5-7mm - much narrower
lt: thicker, more leathery blade
or: sent my Teysmann to Dr. von Siebold in Leiden in 1830 from
Japan. The plant was
or: very common then in Japanese gardens.
lu: very popular alternative to the species which forms a large,
less manageable 15m
lu: tree. This is widely seen in California today.
Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki 'Tetragonus' |
lc: white striped
li: Yokoi, M. and Y. Hirose. 1978. Variegated Plants. Seibundo
Shinkosha Pub.
Podocarpus nivalis 'Birch View' (4/01) |
wholesale source: Esveld
Podocarpus nivalis 'Bronze' |
ht: 50cm tall x 1.5m wide in
10 years
ha: dwarf, slow, flattened shape
lc: bronze-green in summer becoming very bronze in winter
source: Cedar Lodge Nursery
Podocarpus nivalis 'Erecta' |
ht: 60cm tall x 1.1m wide in
10 years
ha: erect when young. More mounded in shade per Cedar Lodge
Nursery
lc: green
or: found at Cockayne NZ
ns: this name may not be published before 1959 - in which case it
must be renamed
source: Cedar Lodge Nursery
Podocarpus nivalis 'Jacks Pass' (4/01) |
ht: 1m tall x 1.3m wide in 10
years
ha: dense
lc: green
or: New Zealand from a place of this name.
wholesale source:
Esveld
source: Cedar Lodge Nursery
Podocarpus nivalis 'Kralingen |
frc: red showy cones
photo, wholesale source:
Esveld
Podocarpus nivalis 'Rockery Gem |
ht: 1.25m
ha: semi-dwarf, forming a spreading mound
wholesale source:
Esveld
Podocarpus nivalis 'Trompenburg' |
photo, wholesale source: Esveld
Podocarpus totara 'Albany Gold' (4/01) |
lc: brighter gold in winter
than 'Aureus'
source: Cedar Lodge Nursery
Podocarpus totara 'Aureus' |
ht: 3.5m tall x 3.5m wide in
10 years. Many plants however are 2-3x taller than wide.
ha: upright, often more narrow than species typical.
gr: slower than species typical
lc: light green becoming yellow in summer and winter
lu: this has been a popular favorite in New Zealand since about
1955.
source: Cedar Lodge Nursery
Podocarpus totara 'Pendula' |
ht: 3.5m tall x 4m wide in 10
years
ha: weeping, wide-spreading with age, having no central leader
lc: greenish-yellow
source: Cedar Lodge Nursery
Podocarpus totara 'Pouakani' (4/01) |
lc: blue
or: from a notable large tree in Pureora Forest, New Zealand
source: Cedar Lodge Nursery