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Hypericum perforatum

Hi All,

Regarding Cyndi's question about Hypericum perforatum, it's a plant which
I'm familiar with, as it's a common british native. It isn't often grown
in gardens here (except where it self-seeds) but is a pretty enough plant,
forming a clump of stems about 50cm in height. The foliage is rounded and
bright green; flowers are yellow (as for virtually all Hypericum) and
borne in clusters at the top of the stems in summer. It isn't exactly
showy, but I would have thought it would make a nice addition to many
gardens.

A word of caution though. Rather a lot of british natives seem to be very
good at establishing themselves among native floras and overrunning them.
I don't know if H. perforatum is on anybody's noxious weeds list, but it
does strike me as the sort of plant that might be. It would be worth
checking.

Not much to report from gardens here in Britain at the moment, i'm afraid
- the waether over the past couple of days has been more Siberian than
Mediterranean. It seems to have slipped back into a more traditional warm
wet fog now though. I'm going home to Devon soon for Christmas, and I'm
hopeful that the Cyclamen coum may be thinking about flowering.

in the meantime, wrap up warm (or enjoy your beach parties, depending on
what hemisphere you're in) and have a happy Christmas.

Tristan
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