Plant Database
Glacier Bay Fern Pine
Podocarpus ‘Glacier Bay’
The Glacier Bay Fern Pine is a distinctive, cold-hardier selection that adds unique foliage color to the landscape. Its new growth emerges a striking lime-green to chartreuse, creating a bright accent, before maturing to a cool blue-gray green. This color contrast, combined with its dense, upright pyramidal form and fine texture, makes it a standout specimen or hedge for gardeners seeking something different from the standard green or blue varieties.
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Notable for its color-changing foliage: new growth is vibrant lime-green, maturing to a cool blue-gray green.
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Forms a dense, upright, pyramidal shrub or small tree, more compact than the species.
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Reported to have improved cold tolerance compared to other fern pines.
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Shares the same drought tolerance and low-maintenance characteristics.
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The bright new growth provides excellent seasonal color interest in spring and summer.
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Effective as a colorful specimen, hedge, or container plant.