Illicium floridanum 'Gray Ghost' cercis chuniana Low single digits F will

Low single digits F will cause some dieback

rubida is great as a specimen or can be used in mass plantings in shade to part shade

The foliage is green and is similar to 'Mikawa Yatsubusa' but rolls slightly upward adding a unique texture with a tightly layered shingling habit that makes trees in the family so popular

with variegated green with broad white margined leaves

much more compact growth habit and darker pink flowers

Illicium floridanum 'Gray Ghost' cercis chuniana Low single digits F willIllicium floridanum 'Gray Ghost' (Florida anise, purple anise) has clusters of white tinged pink flowers in the spring and often reblooms throughout the summer with pewter gray leaves with irregular white margins. Illicium floridanum 'Gray Ghost' is one of the most outstanding plants we grow in our top five favorite plants due to its amazing, variegated pewter gray foliage and alien like "starfish" shaped white flowers with an almost pearlescent pale