BOTANICAL NAME:  Illicium parviflorum

COMMON NAME: “Flowering Anise”

ATTRACTS: 

RESISTANT: Deer

BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: Small yellowish-green flowers in early Summer

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:   Part Sun

HEIGHT: 10 to 15 feet

WIDTH: 6 to 10 feet

EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Evergreen

WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average

SOIL REQUIREMENTS:  Moderately drought and soil type tolerant

GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Deer resistant

Aromatic foliage

Native

HARDINESS ZONES: 6-9

Illicium parviflorum is an upright growing, dense rounded shrub w/olive green leaves. Small yellowish-green flowers in early Summer. Aromatic foliage that smells like licorice. Great plant selection for hedges, borders or screens.