Illicium henryi 26/6 Restock and the toughness inkberry brings

and the toughness inkberry brings from the wild bogs

where the creamy leaves lift the whole planting and the autumn berries read like scattered amethyst

born from a botanical marriage of the Eustis limequat (itself a cross of kumquat and lime) and the Hong Kong kumquat (Fortunella hindsii)

The journey did not end there: David Geiger later found a specimen labeled 'Woodlanders Low Form' at the Cornell Arboretum in New York

keep the plants free of smothering competition

Illicium henryi 26/6 Restock and the toughness inkberry bringsThe anise trees, genus Illicium, are aromatic broadleaf evergreens of the star anise family, Schisandraceae, their name from the Latin illicium, an allurement, for the scent of the leaves. Illicium henryi, the Henry anise, is the Chinese member of the group, a handsome, dense, pyramidal to rounded evergreen with waxy flowers in shades of coppery pink to deep carmine red and aromatic, glossy foliage. The plant honors Augustine Henry, the great Irish