Description
H. frondosum – Golden St. John’s Wort – This erect, deciduous shrub from Southeastern USA grows 2-4′ feet tall and wide.It has thick, flaking stems that carry oblong, bluish green leaves, to 2 ½” long, with paler undersides.In mid and late summer to autumn it bears cymes of up to 7 saucer shaped, golden yellow flowers, to 1 3/4″ across, with prominent, central bosses of golden stamens.
‘Sunburst’ – is a improved cultivar with reddish brown, exfoliating bark and bears larger, golden yellow, flowers, 1-2″ across, with long, thick stamens, from mid summer to early autumn.
Grow in moderately fertile, moist but well drained soil, the larger species in sun or partial shade, the dwarf species in full sun and in sharply drained soil.Grow H. elodes along the margins of muddy-bottomed pool, in no more than 1″ of water, in dappled shade.Protect small rock garden species from excessive winter moisture, shelter evergreen Hypericums from cold, drying winds.
zones 9-11
