RE: St Johns Wort
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: RE: St Johns Wort
- From: "* D* <m*@teleport.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 20:07:45 -0700 (PDT)
At 01:30 PM 4/20/98 -0700, David Soper wrote:
>Hi, Vinata:
>
>The latin name for St. John's Wort is Hypericum. The big question is what
>species (more than 200 exist) as there are differences in what the plants
>like. In most cases, the flowers are yellow, and the plants will spread.
>Most species do best in partially shaded locations and they like
>moisture-retentive soil.
A non-invasive form of Hypericum is H. 'Albury Purple', a beautiful little
sub-shrub with deep wine colored leaves (the new growth)and the typical
yellow St. John's Wort flower followed by deep purple berries that the birds
seem to relish. Mine tops out at about 2 1/2 ft. in part shade. Just
purchased it's counterpart - H. 'Summer Gold'. Same size, but all the new
growth is a lovely butter yellow. It is really beautiful with any of the
purple/red Heucheras such as H.'Plum Pudding' or H. 'Can Can'.
Marilyn Dube'
NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, Oregon
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