General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 6-10 feet
Plant Spread: 4 - 6 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fragrant
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Other: Scarlet
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Florida Anise
  • Red Magnolia
Also sold as:
  • Haley's Comet

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Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2010-04-16
Location: Tennessee
photo courtesy of Sunlight Gardens, www.sunlightgardens.com
Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Dec 2, 2013 3:52 PM concerning plant:
    An evergreen shrub native to moist shady ravines from Florida to Louisiana. Grow it in good soil either moist or dry and in sun or shade, where it will be moderately branched and upright growing to 9 or 10 feet. The medium green leaves are elliptic, 4 to 6 inches long, and fragrant when crushed. Late spring flowers have many narrow red-burgundy, almost rose-colored, strap-shaped petals forming a broad wavy star. The flowers are larger than those of the species. Flowering is in the late spring with some repeat flowering in the fall. (Sunlight Gardens)

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