UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS HORTICULTURE 3103 SUMMARY SHEET

SCIENTIFIC NAME
 
COMMON NAME
Illicium parviflorum Michx. ex Vent.
 
Small-flowered Anise Shrub
PLANT FAMILY
SIZE GROUP
PLANT TYPE
Illiciaceae
5
evergreen shrub


GROWTH HABIT and RATE:
Upright, spreading pyramidal, tends to be leggy, suckers.

ADAPTABILITY:
Adaptable to moist or dry soils Will grow in sun or shade.

FUNCTIONS:
Massing, screen, hedge.

PROBLEMS AND MAINTENANCE:
Extent of winter-hardiness not known. Perhaps best in Zone 8 south.

NATIVE RANGE:
Florida and southern Georgia

USEFUL RANGE (USDA Zones):
Zones (7)8 to 9

SUBSPECIES, VARIETIES, CULTIVARS:
'Forest Green' -darker green foliage.


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