Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Okina' Boost multi-branched spikes far larger than

multi-branched spikes far larger than the straight species

Ardisia japonica 'Hinode' is a variegated form of the Japanese marlberry

Around the Mediterranean the leaves and blue-black berries season roasts and game in the old Sardinian and Corsican way

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

By midsummer the berries swell and deepen

Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Okina' Boost multi-branched spikes far larger thanPodocarpus 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