To celebrate a bright sunshiny day in NC, here’s a new photo of our named introduction, a gold-foliage form of the southeast US native anise, Illicium parviflorum ‘Florida Sunshine’. This is the original plant, which is now nearly 8′ tall x 8′ wide.
Florida Sunshine Anise
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I really like that plant – although Cape Cod is technically zone 7, I wonder if it could survive here under my care (that might be the issue, HA!).
We certainly think it should be worth a try in your climate…especially if the green form grows there.
Any chance it takes sun? I live in the panhandle of Florida.
It should be fine in the sun of Florida.
Thank you! I shall be ordering it.
I love love love my Florida Sunshine! I planted it in my yellow winter garden. It grows fast! The brightness really pulls together the rest of the planting: mahonia with its yellow winter blooms, yellow striped fern/coniogramme, berry exciting corydalis (which is screaming yellow right now though flattened by the cold) everillo carex, and aucuba. Oh, I have an edgeworthia planted in the mix, too. I can see that area from the table where I work, stuck inside bcs of the cold, and it makes me smile.
Would love to get this to brighten my winter garden. I have illicium, ‘ Haley’s Comet’ and love it. It is one of the few shrubs that the deer don’t eat!
Have one from jerks farmer. Want more what is price live in Laurens sc should I drive down or who has in my area. Thanks. Fay
I’m not sure who carries them retail near you, but if you can’t find it we can ship.
Illicium
Does not take much sun.