Illicium henryi

• BOTANICAL NAME: Illicium henryi
• PRONUNCIATION: ill-LISS-i-um HEN-re-i
• COMMON NAME: Henry Anise Tree
• FAMILY: Illiciaceae
• NATIVITY: China.
• GROWTH HABIT: Pyramidal.
• SIZE: 6 - 8' tall
• HARDINESS: Zone 7 - 9
• CULTURE: Part sun and moist soils, similar to other Illicium.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Better suited to more formal uses in the landscape.
  Also useful in the shrub border and for naturalizing.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, oblanceolate 4 - 6" long and 1 - 2" wide.
• BUDS:
• BARK:
• FLOWERS: Borne in the axils of the leaves on 1 1/2" long peduncles.
  Flowers are 1 - 1 1/2" in diameter with about 20 petals. Color varies from a
  good pink to deep crimson. The best color of any of the Illicium.
• FRUIT: Follicle.
• PROPAGATION: Seed, cuttings.
• PESTS: None serious.
• CULTIVARS: