…two years ago is flowering nicely for the first time. Very different to the Illicium anisatum which we know well of old. Nice scent too. Illicium simonii Illicium simonii Then…

…veitchii in the Rookery windbreak but it did not prosper. We used to grow Pleioblastus simonii below Noahs Ark but this went when we dredged the pond. There is still…

…Tin Garden where the bamboos were dug out. Looks much like Illicium simonii to me in flower. Illicium macranthum Asia’s propagation of Illicium floridanum (Florida anise) at Donkey Shoe also…