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Hypericum calycinum |
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| Common name |
creeping St. John's wort |
| Family |
clusiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
yellow (July) |
| Size |
12-18" |
| Light |
full sun |
| Cultural notes |
not fussy |
Bright yellow summer flowers on a low-growing plant. In warmer climates, the foliage is evergreen, but for us the mid-green, slightly glossy leaves regrow from the roots every year. This plant wants to wander around by its roots - we plant it in a bottomless tub to contain it, which has worked just fine for a good number of years now. This tendency also makes it suitable as a ground cover; I may give it a try underneath one of our front-yard trees sometime. Overall, a robust, low-maintenance perennial.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Barbara | Oct 26, 2009 | This plant works perfectly in a sunny, hilly rock garden edging a hot driveway (Westchester Cty, NY). Definitely deer and critter resistant, a little sparse in the flower dept, but doing very nicely even after 3 winters of snow-dump. |
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