Florida anise grows in the rich
apparently an ordinary sweetbay
and the shrub fruits best cut back hard in late winter
if not in the current books
a showy and unusual subject for a mild-climate garden
Juniperus rigida 'Pendula' Medicinal Florida anise grows in theJuniperus rigida, the temple or needle juniper, is a graceful conifer of the windswept hills and old temple gardens of China, Korea, and Japan, distinctive for long, slender, sharply pointed needles that catch the light. 'Pendula' is the weeping form, unfurling those bright needles from arching, drooping limbs in a cascade of green that moves with the wind, a plant of quiet, sculptural dignity. The needles are the signature, longer and more pronounced