Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Okina' Boost held in whorled clusters that

held in whorled clusters that build a lush

pink-tinged buds open to clusters of white

and the crop still feeds squirrels

the droplets beading and rolling off a surface built to refuse them

Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Okina' Boost held in whorled clusters thatPodocarpus macrophyllus, the yew pine, is a familiar evergreen conifer grown as a shrub or small tree across the southern United States, valued for dense, dark, strap like leaves several inches long and a tidy, upright frame. 'Okina' is the variegated form, a relatively recent introduction from Japan, whose new growth emerges creamy white before settling to soft green. The variegation is the whole point. Each flush of growth opens near white and