Product Details
| Mature Height: | 10-20 ft. |
| Mature Width: | 5-10 ft. |
| Sunlight: | Full Sun |
| Growth Rate: | Moderate |
| Botanical Name: | llicium verum |
| Does Not Ship To: | AZ |
| Grows Well In Zones: | 4-11 patio / 8-11 outdoors |
| You are in Growing Zone: | # |
Growing Zones: 4-11 patio / 8-11 outdoors
(hardy down to 20℉)Product Description
Avoid Expensive Market Trips with Home-Grown Anise
Why Star Anise Plants?
Forget expensive trips to the supermarket for exotic spices. With our Star Anise Plant, you’ll have fresh anise from your backyard, perfect for making chai teas, desserts, and your favorite restaurant-quality recipes from the Far East.
Plus, despite its unique flavor and opulent appearance, it’s virtually carefree. It’s an evergreen member of the magnolia family that thrives in warm, humid conditions, so it’s easy to plant. Simply give your Star Anise a bit of sun and water, and watch it take off...rewarding you with one-of-a-kind flavor and a large harvest of fresh Star Anise in just a few seasons.
Pleasantly aromatic yellow blooms against a backdrop of vibrant green leaves attract beetles to pollinate your plant. A licorice scent emerges from your eye-catching tree, lending extra visual interest to your home-grown bounty.
Why Fast-Growing-Trees.com is Better
Looking for Star Anise at your local nursery or big-box garden center? Good luck finding the rare, highly sought-after variety.
When you order from Fast Growing Trees, however, you get Star Anise...and a strong start. We’ve planted, grown, and shipped your Star Anise Plant with care. Now, you get a healthy, well-developed root system and a head start on second-to-none growth.
Where else can you find your own Star Anise, delivered right to your door? Order your own Star Anise Plant today!
Pollination Info
Star Anise Plant Pollination
Star Anise Plants are self-fertile. You will get fruit with only one plant. However, adding an additional Star Anise Plant will drastically increase the size of your crop.
Planting & Care
If you live in a colder climate, plant your Anise in a container to bring inside during the winter. Select a container that’s about twice the width of your plant’s shipped pot and ensure it has drainage holes. Once you’ve planted, place your Anise Plant in front of a sunny window, preferably one that’s South-facing.
2. Watering: Keep the soil moist but not soggy. Generally, it’s ideal to check your soil about 3 inches down for dryness. If the soil is dry here, it’s time to water. Misting your Anise is also beneficial as it loves humidity.
3. Fertilizing: Feed your Star Anise every couple of months with compost tea or a fertilizer recommended for root crops.
4. Harvesting: Pick your green fruit before it can ripen and dry it until it resembles a hard, nut-brown seed. You’ll find anywhere from six to ten points on each Anise, which will contain a single seed.
Shipping Details
Shipping Alert:
You can still order, but due to cold weather, we have delayed shipping to the areas shaded on the map below. We want your new plant to thrive right out of the box, so we will wait on shipping your order until the weather is ideal. This includes anyone in
Growing Zones 3, 4, 5 & 6. If you are unsure of your growing zone, visit our
Growing Zone Finder.
Some plants are not available for immediate shipment, and delayed delivery is noted.
We will resume normal shipping in the Spring. Please see the table below for your approximate ship date.
| Growing Zone | Shipping Resumes | |
| Zones 3 & 4 | Week of May 3rd | |
| Zone 5 | Week of April 10th | |
| Zone 6 | Week of March 29th | |
| Zones 7 - 11 | Ships Now! |
Estimated Shipping Time: Most orders ship immediately. As noted on the website, some items are seasonal, and may only ship in spring or fall. Once your order is shipped, you'll receive an email with a tracking number.
| Amount of Order | Shipping Charge |
|---|---|
| Less than $15 | $11.95 |
| $15.00-$23.99 | $13.95 |
| $24.00-$39.99 | $16.95 |
| $40.00-$79.99 | $19.95 |
| $80.00-$98.99 | $24.95 |
| $99.00-$128.99 | $29.95 |
| $129.00-$148.99 | $39.95 |
| $149 + | FREE SHIPPING! |
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United StatesThe tree was shipped in great condition. For an exotic tree I wasn't expecting to get such a large plant for a 1 Gallon pot. I've been looking for this plant for ages and kept on bumping into look alike or non edible versions of the plant and the usual exotic plant sites and nurseries I go to didn't have this plant for me to have fresh Pho spices from my backyard, Thanks to Fast Growing Trees. I finally have it and it exceeded my expectations. Cross my fingers to see it make spices one day.
