Illicium parviflorum
Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Height: 3-4 feet
Spread: 3-4 feet
Bloom Time: May to June
Bloom Description: Yellow-green
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium to wet
Maintenance: Medium
Tolerate: Heavy Shade, Erosion, Wet Soil, Dry soil in shade
Winter hardy to USDA Zones 7-10 where it is easily grown in moist, rich soils in part shade to full shade. Tolerates full sun as long as soils are kept uniformly moist. Established plants tolerate some drought, but prefer good moisture. Branches may root where they touch the ground. Spreads by root suckers to form colonies.
Illicium parviflorum, commonly called yellow anise tree or small anise tree, is an upright, rounded, suckering, evergreen shrub or small tree. Fruit is a star-shaped cluster of follicles. Yellow anise tree is protected in Florida as a threatened species.
Genus name comes from the Latin name illicium meaning "allurement" or "inducement" from the enticing aromatic scent of the foliage.
Specific epithet means small flowers.
No serious insect or disease problems.
Illicium parviflorum
Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Height: 3-4 feet
Spread: 3-4 feet
Bloom Time: May to June
Bloom Description: Yellow-green
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium to wet
Maintenance: Medium
Tolerate: Heavy Shade, Erosion, Wet Soil, Dry soil in shade
Winter hardy to USDA Zones 7-10 where it is easily grown in moist, rich soils in part shade to full shade. Tolerates full sun as long as soils are kept uniformly moist. Established plants tolerate some drought, but prefer good moisture. Branches may root where they touch the ground. Spreads by root suckers to form colonies.
Illicium parviflorum, commonly called yellow anise tree or small anise tree, is an upright, rounded, suckering, evergreen shrub or small tree. Fruit is a star-shaped cluster of follicles. Yellow anise tree is protected in Florida as a threatened species.
Genus name comes from the Latin name illicium meaning "allurement" or "inducement" from the enticing aromatic scent of the foliage.
Specific epithet means small flowers.
No serious insect or disease problems.
