Podocarpus macrophyllus planting recomentation
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Comments (0)I bought some podocarpus macrophyllus "maki" plants and there are 7 or 8 trees in each pot. I intend to use them for espalier trees. Should I separate the individual plants and only use 1 for each espalier project, or can they just be used all together? Thanks for any help....See MorePossible to grow podocarpus 10' high in container?
Comments (8)If you want a tree that will grow to 10' within a year or two, you'll have to buy trees that are 6-8' tall to begin with. If it's a wind-sheltered area, you might consider a colannade of 4 to 5 tall pots with vertical plants. 'Sky Rocket' Juniper and 'Sky Pencil' Chinese holly are commonly used for this. Both are reasonably drought-tolerant which is an important consideration for containers. Bamboo is also a possibility, but golden bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) wouldn't be in my top 100 choices when it comes to species selection (it isn't all that attractive and will eventually break its container). Chusquea coronalis and Chusquea circinnata are both attractive bamboos with a graceful habit and fine-textured foliage that will give good drapery all the way down to the tops of the pots. Otatea glauca 'Mayan Silver' is a bit more upright, but it might be good as well, and is probably even more drought tolerant. With any bamboo, I would pour a single concrete trough in a plywood form to the desired width in order to make the container. Bamboos are good at catching the wind, and the Santa Ana's might topple and break your beautiful earthenware pots if the setup is naturally top-heavy and the container's footprint is too small. For quick effect, nothing can match constructed hardscape. How about a living wall planted with succulents and drought-tolerant bromeliads?...See MorePodocarpus macrophyllus, as houseplant.
Comments (2)Young plants will grow very long flimsy shoots that's probably what he means by needing support. 3 to 5 stems suggests it is the shrub form 'maki', or that it was just several seedlings growing in the same pot. Either way it needs some training and time to 'tree up' in my opinion....See MoreWill podocarpus macrophyllus ever fruit if grown in pots?
Comments (6)I've had one in my cold pit house for years, it has reached the roof (11') and I've cut it back. It is growing in conditions that it likes, and to my knowledge it has never bloomed. I don't know at what age it reaches sexual maturity, but I don't see why it wouldn't bloom given enough time and good growing conditions....See More- 12 years ago
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