Yellow Anise

Yellow Anise – Illicium parviflorum – is a member of the Schisandraceae and is a large, dense, evergreen shrub native to Florida and the lower southeastern United States, but it does well in Hardiness Zones 6b through 9. it is extremely deer and rabbit resistant, is insect-pollinated, and provides shelter for birds and other wildlife. Yellow anise is in a class of its own: native, evergreen, fast grower, easy to grow, does well in shade.