It is grown ornamentally in gardens for its strikingly neat, attractive form and its elegant, drooping foliage.

It has a straight, well-formed trunk and naturally assumes a pyramid-shape as it grows, eventually becoming very tall (30m).

Henkel's yellowwood is found in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.

Podocarpus henkelii is increasingly grown in gardens around southern Africa for its neat, attractive form and decorative foliage.

However, although it is mildly frost and drought resistant, it is healthiest (and grows fastest) when planted in deep, moist soils.