Pink Frost Florida anise tree
Illicium floridanum 'Pink Frost'
USDA zones7 to 9
SunHandles partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size6 to 10 feet tall6 to 10 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Pink Frost' Florida anise tree (Illicium floridanum 'Pink Frost') is a shrub for shade gardens, borders, hedges, and foundation plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 7, or down to 0°F (-18°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It is evergreen and fragrant, and bees visit it. It grows fast and reaches about 6 to 10 feet tall and wide. It sits low on the menu for deer.
Pairs well with White bigleaf hydrangea, Mondo grass, and Boxwood.