Licium comprises evergreen shrubs or small trees featuring smooth, leathery leaves. The foliage and bark can possess a noticeable fragrance. Flowers with multiple petals typically emerge in the leaf axils, generally appearing one at a time, and are succeeded by star-shaped fruits.

Illicium

Illicium 'Jo's Variegated' (v)

Illicium 'Woodland Ruby'

Illicium aff. griffithii

Illicium aff. henryi

Illicium aff. macranthum Dali best form

Illicium aff. majus

Illicium anisatum is a shrub that can grow into a small tree, typically reaching heights of up to 2 meters, but in warmer climates, it may extend to 6 meters. The leaves are narrow ovals, measuring up to 5 centimeters in length and 2 centimeters in width, exhibiting a dark green hue. The young branches are green with brown spots and share the aromatic quality of the leaves. In spring, the plant produces clusters of pale greenish-yellow flowers, each with numerous slender, slightly twisted petals, emerging from the leaf axils.

Illicium anisatum

Illicium anisatum 'Henryi'

Illicium anisatum 'Murasaki-no-sato'

Illicium anisatum 'Variegatum' (v)

Illicium anisatum laurifolium

Illicium floridanum

Illicium floridanum 'Compactum'

Illicium floridanum 'Halley's Comet'

Illicium floridanum 'Pink Frost' (v)

Illicium floridanum 'Shady Lady' (v)

Illicium floridanum f. album

Illicium floridanum variegated (v)

Illicium henryi

Illicium jiadifengpi

Illicium lanceolatum

Illicium macranthum

Illicium majus

Illicium merrillianum

Illicium mexicanum

Illicium oligandrum

Illicium parviflorum

Illicium philippinense

Illicium religiosum form 1

Illicium religiosum form 2

Illicium simonsii is a medium-sized evergreen shrub that grows slowly and features narrow, glossy dark green leaves. From mid to late summer, it produces delicate pale yellow flowers accented by darker yellow centers. While this plant is typically hardy, it can be challenging to cultivate, thriving best in a warm, sheltered location that protects it from cold temperatures and harsh winter winds.

Illicium simonsii

Illicium tashiroi

Illicium verum

Kadsura are dioecious, evergreen climbing shrubs characterized by their twining stems, smooth, glossy leaves, and solitary, cup-shaped blooms. These flowers give way to fleshy, fruit that resembles blackberries.

Kadsura

Kadsura aff. japonica

Kadsura coccinea is a vigorous evergreen vine characterized by its elongated, oval leaves that are a medium shade of green. This species exhibits sexual dimorphism, with male and female blooms found on distinct plants. The flowers can vary in color, appearing white, red, pale green, or in mixed hues, and feature a prominent central cluster of short stamens or styles. When pollinated, the female flowers give way to a red fruit that can reach up to 10 cm in diameter, consisting of numerous wedge-shaped sections.

Kadsura coccinea

Kadsura heteroclita is a robust, evergreen climber that can reach heights of approximately 10 meters. Its leaves are elliptical and glossy, measuring up to 16 centimeters in length. During the summer, this plant produces long-stalked flowers that may be white, cream, or yellow, each made up of as many as 25 sepals and measuring around 2.5 centimeters. In autumn, it yields large clusters of bright red berries.

Kadsura heteroclita

Kadsura japonica is a vigorous, evergreen climbing vine that can reach heights of up to 4 meters. It features glossy, dark green leaves that are oval to lanceolate in shape. From late summer to autumn, this plant produces small, cup-shaped flowers that are yellowish-white. Female specimens will bear red fruits after flowering.

Kadsura japonica

Kadsura japonica 'Chirifu'

Kadsura japonica 'Chirimen' (v)

Kadsura japonica 'Fukurin' (v)

Kadsura japonica 'Kompe'

Kadsura japonica 'Kumagai'

Kadsura japonica 'Shiromi'

Kadsura japonica 'Variegata' is a vigorous evergreen vine that can reach heights of up to 4 meters. Its leaves are glossy and dark green, edged in a creamy-yellow and pink hue during the growing season, transitioning to a creamy white in winter. From summer through autumn, it produces small, cup-shaped flowers that are yellowish-white. Female plants yield red fruits following the flowering period.

Kadsura japonica 'Variegata' (v)

Kadsura japonica from Japan

Kadsura japonica from Korea

Kadsura japonica white fruit

Kadsura longepedunculata

Kadsura luteocsiferea

Kadsura peltigera

Kadsura scandens

Kadsura verrucosa

Schisandra consists of either deciduous or evergreen, monoecious or dioecious twining shrubs. The leaves are arranged alternately along slender stems. Flowers appear either singly or in small clusters within the leaf axils, with sepals and petals that cannot be easily differentiated. In female flowers, the carpels cluster closely together initially, but as they mature, they elongate, resulting in a spike that can reach several inches in length.

Schisandra

Schisandra aff. bicolor

Schisandra aff. grandiflora

Schisandra aff. neglecta

Schisandra aff. plena

Schisandra arisanensis

Schisandra chinensis is a deciduous climbing plant that twines as it grows, featuring woody stems that mature over time and slender, reddish shoots in their youth. The leaves are glossy, ranging from obovate to elliptic in shape, and can measure up to 14 cm in length with a slight serration along the edges. From late spring to early summer, small, cup-shaped flowers emerge on short stems from the leaf axils, displaying a color palette that includes cream to pale pink. If pollination occurs, female plants develop clusters of small, round berries that can be red or pink in hue.

Schisandra chinensis

Schisandra chinensis 'Bere'

Schisandra chinensis 'Sadova No 1'

Schisandra chinensis 'Vitalbeer'

Schisandra coccinea

Schisandra glaucescens

Schisandra grandiflora is a climbing vine that sheds its leaves in winter. It produces white flowers, with male and female blooms occurring on different plants. Flowering takes place from late spring through summer. For the plant to yield the clusters of red fruit in autumn, both male and female specimens are necessary.

Schisandra grandiflora

Schisandra grandiflora 'Jamu' (m)

Schisandra grandiflora 'Lahlu' (f/F)

Schisandra henryi

Schisandra henryi subsp. yunnanensis

Schisandra incarnata

Schisandra japonica

Schisandra lancifolia

Schisandra macrocarpa

Schisandra neglecta

Schisandra perulata

Schisandra plena

Schisandra propinqua

This evergreen climbing vine can reach heights of up to 4 meters, featuring slender leaves that are elongated and adorned with silver mottling. During the summer months, it produces drooping clusters of small yellow flowers, which may later give way to round, red berries.

Schisandra propinqua subsp. sinensis

Schisandra pubescens

Schisandra repanda

Schisandra rubriflora is a deciduous climbing shrub that can reach heights of up to 8 meters. Its leaves are lance-shaped, smooth, and somewhat leathery, displaying a mid-green hue, with new growth occasionally showing reddish tones. The plant features unisexual flowers that can appear on the same individual, allowing for potential self-fertilization. These cup-shaped flowers, measuring up to 3 centimeters in diameter, are deep crimson and hang from red stalks that can extend to 4 centimeters in length; they bloom in June, emerging singly from the leaf axils of new shoots. Following flowering, the plant produces clusters of bright red, pea-sized berries that hang from spikes measuring up to 12.5 centimeters.

Schisandra rubriflora

Schisandra rubriflora 'Bodnant Redberry' (f)

Schisandra rubriflora (f) is a deciduous climbing plant characterized by its woody stems and slender, reddish shoots in their youth. The foliage consists of dark green, lanceolate to elliptical leaves with a slight serration. In early summer, small, cup-shaped flowers bloom, showcasing a dark red hue and emerging from short stalks in the leaf axils. This listing specifically features plants that produce female flowers; if pollinated, they will yield drooping clusters of small, round red berries.

Schisandra rubriflora (f)

Schisandra rubriflora (m)

Schisandra sphaerandra

Schisandra sphenanthera is a deciduous vine that can reach heights of up to 7 meters. Its leaves are obovate in shape, measuring between 5 and 10 centimeters in length, with minute teeth along the edges. In late spring and early summer, it produces small, drooping flowers, approximately 1.5 centimeters across, on delicate stems. These flowers are orange-red in color and are succeeded by bright scarlet berries.

Schisandraceae