Botanical Name: Hypericum frondosum
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Common Name: Shrubby St. Johnswort  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

1-3', 3-6'

 

Flower Color

Yellow

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Blue Green

 

Bark Color

Red

 

Fruit Color

Red

 

Fruit Season

Summer, Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Shrubby St. John's wort is a small, dense, upright, mounded deciduous shrub that is noted for its large showy golden yellow flowers and attractive blue-green foliage. It grows to 3 to 4 feet tall and wide. Bright yellow flowers with bushy yellow stamens bloom June and July. Flowers give way to reddish-brown narrow ovoid fruit capsules that ripen in September and persist well into winter. Attractive exfoliating reddish-brown to purplish bark develops on mature stems. A nice mid-season bloom to add to the shrub or foundation border.