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.
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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.
http://www.plantdelights.com/Illicium-for-sale/buy-Anise-Shrub/Butterfly-Host-Plant/
Does not take much sun.