Illicium henryi 26/6 Restock born from a botanical marriage

born from a botanical marriage of the Eustis limequat (itself a cross of kumquat and lime) and the Hong Kong kumquat (Fortunella hindsii)

" a nod to the swampy bottomlands

not a medicinal or edible one

where the creamy leaves lift the whole planting and the autumn berries read like scattered amethyst

Site 'Berry Pink' in sun to part shade at a pond edge

Illicium henryi 26/6 Restock born from a botanical marriageThe anise trees, genus Illicium, are aromatic broadleaf evergreens of the star anise family, Schisandraceae, their name from the Latin illicium, an allurement, for the scent of the leaves. Illicium henryi, the Henry anise, is the Chinese member of the group, a handsome, dense, pyramidal to rounded evergreen with waxy flowers in shades of coppery pink to deep carmine red and aromatic, glossy foliage. The plant honors Augustine Henry, the great Irish