Dacrydium cupressinum
Rimu
A slow-growing tree easily accommodated in the home garden for at least fifty years. Juvenile trees have a pyramidal crown and pendulous branches, but acquire a round-topped crown with strong lateral branches bearing pendulous branchlets and foliage when mature. Foliage on juvenile trees may turn bronze during winter before returning to green in spring. Green catkins in mid-spring to mid-summer are a source of pollen for bees. Produces orange-red fruit that grow under a purple-black seed from mid-summer to mid-autumn. Seed is only set every few years.
Native
Evergreen
Conifer
Attracts birds
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Taxonomy and Etymology
Genus: Dacrydium
Species: Dacrydium cupressinum
Common Name: Rimu
Other Common Name(s): New Zealand Red Pine
Description and Features
Description: A slow-growing tree easily accommodated in the home garden for at least fifty years. Juvenile trees have a pyramidal crown and pendulous branches, but acquire a round-topped crown with strong lateral branches bearing pendulous branchlets and foliage when mature. Foliage on juvenile trees may turn bronze during winter before returning to green in spring. Green catkins in mid-spring to mid-summer are a source of pollen for bees. Produces orange-red fruit that grow under a purple-black seed from mid-summer to mid-autumn. Seed is only set every few years.
Height: 6m
Width: 4m
Uses: Attracts birds
Winter Foliage: Evergreen
Origin: Native
Types: Conifer
Foliage:
Summer: Green
Autumn: Green
Winter: Green, Red, Brown
Spring: Green
Flowers:
Summer: Green
Autumn: None
Winter: None
Spring: Green
Fruit:
Summer: Orange, Red, Purple, Black
Autumn: Orange, Red, Purple, Black
Winter: None
Spring: None