Hi Blueero,
Were you ever able to get a bunch of peole to help you buy 20 of the illicium verum plants? I would like to order 20 of them, as I have a large backyard in sw florida, and try to grow these, so that I can eventually sell small plants to other gardeners like yourself. Could you help me find the importer of these, that you had found? Or tell me where else I can buy some plants already sprouted of the illicium verum? Like you, I've tried so many online sellers of seeds it's ridiculous! They are never fresh, never viable. Thank you.