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A rapid growing, low maintenance shrub with spectacular foliage is a combination that’s hard to beat. The plant has a multi-stemmed, upright, compact habit. The foliage is quite attractive and aromatic, smelling similar to anise spice when crushed. The shiny, leathery leaves are olive green in color and the 1½-inch flowers are dark red, with many petals appearing in the early spring. Tolerates heavy shade, erosion and wet planting sites.
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Illicium floridanum, commonly called purple anise, is an upright, rounded, aromatic, evergreen shrub. It is native to wet soils in low hammocks, wooded ravines, marshy areas and stream peripheries from northern Florida and Georgia along the coastal plain to Louisiana. Smooth, glossy, elliptic, dark olive-green leaves (to 6″ long) emit an anise-like aroma when crushed. Nodding, dark red flowers (to 2″ diameter), each with 20-30 strap-shaped petals, bloom in spring.
| Common Name | Florida Anise |
|---|---|
| Botanical Name | Illicium floridanum |
| Container/Amount | 7 gallon |
| Evergreen or Deciduous | Evergreen |
| Hardiness Zone | 10a, 10b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b |
| Growth Rate | Average |
| Light Requirements | Part-shade, Shade |
| Height | 6 to 10' |
| Width | 5 ft. |
| Soil Condition | Average to Wet Soils |
| Water Needs | Average |
| Blooming Period | Spring |
| Flower Color | red |
| Fragrance | Yes |
| Foliage Color | green |
| Deer Resistant | Yes |
