Illicium mexicanum x floridanum album 'Woodland Ruby' Richard Lynch Iris verna is a reminder

Iris verna is a reminder that some of the most meaningful plants are also the most modest

acidic soil and room for the broad

a low fountain of arching dark green blades that holds color and form through the year in mild winters

a bright curtain against the glossy evergreen leaves

Illicium mexicanum x floridanum album 'Woodland Ruby' Richard Lynch Iris verna is a reminderThe anise trees, genus Illicium, are aromatic broadleaf evergreens of the star anise family, Schisandraceae, prized as some of the finest flowering shrubs for shade. 'Woodland Ruby' is a Woodlanders introduction and one of the showiest of the group, a hybrid between the Mexican anise, Illicium mexicanum, and a white flowered form of the native Florida anise, Illicium floridanum. The cross carries ruby pink, star shaped flowers larger than those of