Cryptomeria japonica 'Lemonade' Gulfstream Nursery Colonists knew the shrub as

Colonists knew the shrub as fever bush and wild allspice

the aromatic foliage is toxic if eaten and unrelated to culinary star anise

but the deeper reason to grow the tree is conservation: every planted Oglethorpe oak is one more foothold for a species the wild is losing

and they are the good kind

This particular plant is the male form of inkberry

Cryptomeria japonica 'Lemonade' Gulfstream Nursery Colonists knew the shrub asA small, slow Japanese cedar that flushes the color of cold lemonade in spring, pale, almost translucent yellow, then settles into soft chartreuse through summer. The foliage stays juvenile throughout, fine and feathery rather than the awl shaped scale of a mature Cryptomeria, which gives 'Lemonade' a softer presence than most gardeners expect of a conifer. This is texture you can run a hand through. 'Lemonade' is dwarf, or close enough to it, growing