Illicium mexicanum x floridanum album 'Woodland Ruby' Richard Lynch acidic soil and room for

acidic soil and room for the broad

and the plant is a close eastern cousin of the familiar English holly

the black fall fruit feeds birds

and goldenrod that share the late season

and hawthorns

Illicium mexicanum x floridanum album 'Woodland Ruby' Richard Lynch acidic soil and room forThe anise trees, genus Illicium, are aromatic broadleaf evergreens of the star anise family, Schisandraceae, prized as some of the finest flowering shrubs for shade. 'Woodland Ruby' is a Woodlanders introduction and one of the showiest of the group, a hybrid between the Mexican anise, Illicium mexicanum, and a white flowered form of the native Florida anise, Illicium floridanum. The cross carries ruby pink, star shaped flowers larger than those of