Illicium anisatum Drought Tolerant Given something to lean on

Given something to lean on

four or five feet tall

The flowers are the draw: abundant clusters of crinkled

the trunks develop the smooth

To grow one is to keep a piece of a vanishing forest alive

Illicium anisatum Drought Tolerant Given something to lean onThe anise trees, genus Illicium, are aromatic broadleaf evergreens of the star anise family, Schisandraceae, named from the Latin illicium, an allurement, for the spicy scent the crushed leaves give off. Illicium anisatum is the Japanese anise, called shikimi in its homeland, a glossy, upright evergreen shrub or small tree with leathery, anise scented leaves and pale creamy yellow, star shaped flowers in earliest spring. Few garden plants carry so