Cryptomeria japonica 'Lemonade' Gulfstream Nursery the aromatic foliage is toxic

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

This particular plant is the male form of inkberry

the deodar cedar

and they are the good kind

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

Cryptomeria japonica 'Lemonade' Gulfstream Nursery the aromatic foliage is toxicA 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