Podocarpus elatus – Plum Pine

…Birds Adore the Fruit…

PLUM PINE

 Podocarpus elatus. (8m**FrEdABCDE) If you love native edible food or birds, this is the one for you! Plum Pine is an unusual dense rain-forest tree with attractive thick stiff shiny narrow leaves and pink new growth. It’s a throwback to prehistoric times when the Podocarpus pines flourished. The dense foliage contrasts with its black trunk. Bird attracting with black edible grape like fruit that tastes like a slightly aromatic plum. Plum Pine is used as a street and screen tree and is most adaptable withstanding frost and growing well in both cold and dry western areas. Native to rainforest from Cairns to Bateman’s Bay. Will grow nicely in tubs or Bonsai. Full sun or shade. Long native pots.

….Priced at $7.90 each