Hardiness zones
Sunset 4-9, 12-24
USDA 7 -11

Landscape Use: Medium to large background/screening plant, informal to formal hedges, northern exposures, soften tall buildings, container plant, atriums (here's one in the City Tower atrium of Cleveland, OH), mesic landscape designs

Form & Character: Evergreen, erect, upright and stiff, yew like

Growth Habit: Moderate to fast, 15-50' with ultimate 10' spread, though mostly more columnar

Foliage/Texture: Lanceolate to linear, 3 to 6" long, dull green on dull green angular stems, new foliage bright green, medium texture

Flowers & Fruits: Flowers are inconspicuous. The flowers are dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required).  Fruits, lacking a basal, fleshy receptacle, one or two together at the end of short leafy branchlets are small, berry like, single seeded, green changing to yellow

Seasonal Color: None

Temperature: Heat sensitive, especially when young. Plant on north sides of buildings for heat protection

Light: Partial to full shade in Phoenix. No reflected sunlight

Soil: Tolerant

Watering: Regular

Pruning: Head back, top to control height growth if warranted.

Propagation: Seed or cutting. Seed propagated trees are upright, cutting propagated trees need ample staking when young to establish upright posture. The seed can be sown at any time of the year in a sandy soil in a warm greenhouse, though it is probably best sown as soon as it is ripe

Disease and pests: Spider mites

Additional comments: All species of Afrocarpus are native to Africa. Yew pine is a nice clean, large and upright shrub to small tree. Plant yew pine in appropriate locations, and don't underestimate the eventual size of this upright plant. Los Angeles is littered with 1940 and 1950 style single story bungalow homes Italian cypress and yew pine were planted as corner foundation plants. 60 years later the results of this poor placement in the landscape are striking. where   The stem bark is used in the treatment of worms (especially ringworm) and blood disorders. A decoction of the fruit is tonic for the heart, kidneys, lungs and stomach.