Why Plant Maki Yew Plum Pine?
Interested in a smaller shrub with adaptable characteristics and beautiful, dense foliage? Look no further than the Maki Yew Plum Pine! Also know as the Shrubby Plum Pine, this dense compact evergreen graces any home or landscape with its dark green needles, presenting in a spiral growth pattern. The Maki also provides a narrow growth habit, making it perfect for smaller spaces as well as container growth. In spring, the Maki Yew Plum Pine produces its own unique blooms of cone structures, which are visually appealing but not showy. This pine also produces arils, or fruit like seeds that come in an array of colors such as blue, purple, and red. These colorful seed pods attract birds for a festive feast in late summer through fall!
How to use Maki Yew Plum Pine in the landscape?
The Maki Yew Plum Pine are drought and deer tolerant, so, win/win! They offer a more compact shape and size in comparison to other Yew varieties, making this a perfect fit for smaller spaces - including in home when grown in a container! This shrub does well when utilized inside due to its low light tolerance, making this an wonderful option for a bonsai tree. In warmer climates, the Shrubby Yew Pine is best used outdoors as a border, hedge or even privacy screen!
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 7-11
How To Plant Maki Yew Plum Pine
Resilient in many ways, the Maki offers adaptability when considering its ability to thrive in almost any condition. Accepting most soil types, this shrub will do best in well draining soils. When thinking of lighting, this shrub manages full sun to partial, and is even capable of enduring low light locations like in your own home! Speaking of in-home use, this shrub does well grown in containers, opening up a plethora of locations to enjoy your new Maki Yew Plum Pine!
How To Water
For best growing conditions when first planted water deeply and keep the ground moist but not soggy to avoid root rot until established. Once settled in water as needed. Prompting drought tolerance, we advise checking your local weather during hotter, more dry periods and water accordingly.
How To Fertilize
Feed Maki Yew Plum Pines in the spring as it begins to actively grow for the season; we recommend using our Elements Starter Plant Food.
How To Prune
The pruning needs of the Maki Yew Plum depends on how you choose to display it. With the slower growth habit and dense evergreen foliage this shrub is a popular option for topiary. While most other pruning needs are to remove any damaged or diseased branches, you may do a full pruning in fall to promote new growth in the upcoming spring.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
