Botanical Name
Podocarpus lawrencei
Common Name
Mountain Plum Pine
Description
Mountain Plum Pine is a hardy alpine native conifer renowned for its distinctive plum-like fruits and exceptional cold tolerance that creates beautiful displays in Australian gardens. This resilient species produces small, fleshy, plum-colored fruits that are edible and attractive to native birds, while the needle-like evergreen foliage provides year-round structural interest with excellent alpine character. The slow-growing, often prostrate to upright habit adapts well to harsh mountain conditions. Exceptionally hardy and frost tolerant once established, it thrives in well-drained soils and full sun to partial shade positions with outstanding cold climate adaptation. Perfect for cool climate gardens, alpine plantings, rockeries, and areas where hardy native conifers with distinctive fruits create resilient landscape displays.
Plant Category
Medium Shrubs
Size (H x W)
Height: 1-6 meters (variable form), Spread: 2-4 meters
Podocarpus lawrencei naturally occurs in alpine and subalpine regions of southeastern Australia including Tasmania, thriving in well-drained rocky soils with excellent drainage and full sun to partial shade exposure in cool, harsh mountain climates.
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