Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

This is a handsome, narrow-growing tree with semi-weeping branches and soft-green leaves. The juvenile foliage is brown before turning green. It prefers moist situations next to streams, lakes, and ponds, and produces yellow-green catkins in mid-spring to mid-summer, which are a source of pollen for bees. Dacrycarpus dacrydioides also produces orange-red fruit, which grow under a purple-black seed from mid-summer to mid-autumn and are a great source of food for birds. Dacrycarpus dacrydioides is evergreen and native to New Zealand. Learn more.