Illicium parviflorum 'Florida Sunshine' Fragrant The dense evergreen habit makes

The dense evergreen habit makes a fine informal screen or backdrop

Botanists now place the species in the genus Erythrostemon

people put the aromatic foliage to use: leaves were steeped

the copper iris opens in warm coppery red to burnt orange

Illicium parviflorum 'Florida Sunshine' Fragrant The dense evergreen habit makesIllicium parviflorum, the Ocala or small anise, is a rare Florida endemic, an aromatic evergreen of the star anise family, Schisandraceae, tougher and more sun tolerant than its showier cousin the Florida anise. 'Florida Sunshine' is the selection that made the species famous: a form whose foliage glows chartreuse gold through spring and summer, holding the anise scent of the genus in leaves that light up a shaded corner. The real show comes with the