2024 Southeastern Plant Symposium Auction

340 - Illicium 'NCIH2' (Orion)

Plant Shrub
Closed
Current Bid: $46

(Pot Sz: 1 qt; Ht: 8")
Common name: Orion compact anise
¤ evergreen shrub to 3'–5'
¤ plant in sun to part shade
¤ hardy to zone 6
¤ white flowers in all season
¤ deer resistant
¤ NCSU introduction; deer proof
The unique, star shaped white flowers of Orion are quite showy when it blooms heavily in the spring and again in late summer. It is highly deer resistant like all Illicium and comes from the breeding program of NC State University's Tom Ranney.

Plants donated to this event by : Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center

Photo Credit: Star Roses and Plants