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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 6 to 10 feet (1.8-3m)
Plant Spread: 4 to 8 feet (1.2-2.4m)
Leaves: Evergreen
Fragrant
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Provides winter interest
Flowering Tree
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Miscellaneous: Endangered: listed as threatened or endangered in Georgia and Florida

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Common names
  • Florida Anise
  • Red Magnolia
  • Aniseed Tree
  • Florida Anisetree
  • Anise Tree
  • Stinkbush

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Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: In my garden, Archer, Florida
Date: 2022-04-17
Location: South Carolina
Location: Johns Island, SC
Date: 2014-04-09
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-03-19
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-03-19
Location: Johns Island, SC
Date: 2014-04-09
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-03-19
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2009-03-28

Date: c. 1889
illustration from 'The Garden', 1889

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Wayneboro MS
Date: 2005-03-12

Date: c. 1819
illustration by P. Bessa from 'Herbier Général de l'Amateur', 1
Location: Tennessee
photo courtesy of Sunlight Gardens, www.sunlightgardens.com

Photo by Stan Shebs
Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Dec 17, 2012 10:07 AM concerning plant:
    Sunlight Gardens: [This] evergreen shrub is native to moist shady ravines from Florida to Louisiana. Grow it in good soil either moist or dry and in sun or shade, where it will be moderately branched and upright growing to 9 or 10 feet. The medium green leaves are elliptic, 4 to 6 inches long, and fragrant when crushed. Late spring flowers have many narrow burgundy pink, strap-shaped petals forming a broad wavy star.
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carlissa904 On April 7, 2021 Obtained plant
Got this plant from Wilmot Gardens in Gainesville, FL. I plan to plant it in the ground when I can find a shady spot for it. This is a Florida Anise 'Miss Scarlett'
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