Illicium parviflorum 'Florida Sunshine' Fragrant the copper iris opens in

the copper iris opens in warm coppery red to burnt orange

for the soft yellow petals brushed with a dark thumbprint at the base

people put the aromatic foliage to use: leaves were steeped

mounded form unaided

and shearing leave the plant untroubled

Illicium parviflorum 'Florida Sunshine' Fragrant the copper iris opens inIllicium 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