USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Evergreen Flowering Shrub

Flower Color:  Soft Pink

Flower Size:  2"

Flowering Period:  Spring

Flower Type:  Single

Fragrant Flowers:  Yes

Foliage Color:  Pewter Grey with White margin

Fragrant Foliage:  Yes

Berries/ Pods:  Yes

Attracts:  Visual Attention

Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Heat, Insect

Excellent for use as an an attractive specimen or evergreen hedge in shade, 'Grey Ghost' is a very vigorous Florida Anise featuring unusual pewter-grey leaves with white margins. It is one of the most dependable broad-leaved evergreen shrubs for the shade garden and sites with consistently moist soil. In spring, this native produces uniquely shaped, soft-pink 2-inch diameter flowers with many strap-like petals that subtly but beautifully contrast with the leaves. Its thick leaves up to 6 inches long and 1 to 2 inches wide adorn the shrub year-round. A whiff of the leaves reveals a pleasant anise scent that tempts the passerby to tear a leaf in order to enjoy the spicy aroma. 

With an upright habit and rounded form 6 to 8 feet tall and near as wide, the Grey Ghost Florida Anise is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as a natural evergreen hedge or privacy screen in shady sites with consistently moist soil. Also ideal for use in home foundation plantings to frame corners or as espalier (trained to grow flat against a wall) between widely-spaced windows or on windowless walls. 

Suggested Spacing:  4 to 5 feet apart for solid hedges;  12 feet or more apart for space between plants