{"id":4470,"date":"2013-05-18T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2013-05-08T09:32:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T13:32:23","slug":"florida-sunshine-anise-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2013\/05\/18\/florida-sunshine-anise-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Florida Sunshine\u2019 Anise Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida Sunshine anise tree (Illicium parviflorum<\/em>

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Illicium 'Florida Sunshine' at Milliken Arboretum in Spartanburg, SC in October<\/p><\/div> \u2018Florida Sunshine\u2019), aka Ocala yellow star, is a southeast U.S. native which grows well on moderately shaded sites. Its evergreen, chartreuse colored, spring-summer foliage turns golden yellow in the fall. As its common name hints, the evergreen foliage emits a licorice scent.<\/p>\n

The overall fall-winter show is nothing short of spectacular in a dull winter landscape. Leaf petioles and stems turn scarlet-red in the fall. Its \u00bd inch diameter creamy white flowers are easily missed in late spring.<\/p>\n

Florida Sunshine grows vigorously into a dense shrub, 6 to 8 feet tall and slightly less in spread. Winter shade is advised to prevent leaf burning. Moist soils hasten annual growth rate. One year-established shrubs demonstrate better than average drought tolerance. Disease and pest problems and resistance to deer feeding have been reported, although additional reports need to be gathered. <\/p>\n

Foliage may scorch in direct sun on exposed wintry sites in zone 6 areas. At the Milliken Arboretum in Spartanburg, SC (zone 7), Florida Sunshine is planted out on an open site with irrigation.<\/p>\n

Make Florida Sunshine a bright focal point in your garden. It is a good choice for partly shaded woodland settings or in foundation plantings, or as a low – growing evergreen hedge. In containers its golden accent should be mixed with other colored foliage plants. Tender roots in containers should be protected over the frigid winter months.<\/p>\n

Florida Sunshine was introduced by Tony Avent, owner of Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, N.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Florida Sunshine anise tree (Illicium parviflorum \u2018Florida Sunshine\u2019), aka Ocala yellow star, is a southeast U.S. native which grows well on moderately shaded sites. Its evergreen, chartreuse colored, spring-summer foliage turns golden yellow in the fall. As its common name hints, the evergreen foliage emits a licorice scent. The overall fall-winter show is nothing short […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[987,299,778,645,627,630,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4470"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4881,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions\/4881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}