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Bananappeal Anise Tree
Illicium parviflorum 'PIIIP-I'
Also called bananappeal and bananappeal small anise tree
Bananappeal Anise Tree blooms from May through June.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Bananappeal Anise Tree
Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 7–9. Expect it to reach about 2.5 ft tall and 3 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 5 years (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
- Listed as poisonous to people by NC State Extension.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Bananappeal Anise Tree
Plant Bananappeal Anise Tree in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 8, the middle of its hardy zones 7 to 9, spring means February to April and fall means September or October. Once settled, it blooms from May to June.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 8, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 8 in February. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Bananappeal Anise Tree get?
2.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult3 ftwideSee Bananappeal Anise Tree in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Bananappeal Anise Tree
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Bananappeal Anise Tree about 3 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Bananappeal Anise Tree to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Bananappeal Anise Tree's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 11 published sources on October 8, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- NC State Extensionspecies page with a cultivar lineheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- edis.ifas.ufl.eduUF/IFAS Extension EDIS FPS-278, Illicium parviflorum (species)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- firsteditionsplants.comFirst Editions (Bailey Nurseries' brand, the introducer)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, diseases and pests
- Missouri Botanical Gardenspeciesheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and diseases
- gobuyplants.comGoBuyPlants (nursery)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and toxicity
- Plant Addictsthe queue's store pageheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and pests
- US plant patent (Google Patents)US Plant Patent PP28,887 (Google Patents), the breeder's registrationheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, trait tags, diseases and pests
- patuxentnursery.comPatuxent Nursery (garden center, Bowie, Maryland)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, soil, diseases and pests
- flowerwood.comFlowerwood Nursery (wholesale grower, Loxley, Alabama)height, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color and trait tags
- greenhousegrower.comGreenhouse Grower (trade magazine), the Cultivate'19 Retailers' Choice...sun
- Sooner Plant Farmnursery, Park Hill, Oklahomasun
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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