Bright Yellow Blooms in SummerBeautiful yellow flowers and soft grey-green foliage are the hallmarks of St. Johns Wort ‘Sunburst’ (‘Hypernicum’ frodosum ‘Sunburst’). It blooms with daffodil-like blooms in mid-summer when many shrubs are challenged by the heat.The flowers are bright, sunny yellow and are bigger than other St. John’s Wort flowers. Don’t let the cheery flowers and soft foliage fool you, though. This plant is a fighter. Given the right soil conditions – which range from loamy to sandy and everything in between – this plant will make itself right at home, even spreading out a little to form nice coloniesThis American native is super easy to maintain and grow. It thrives in the Southeast without any care at all. In other parts of the country, it may lose its leaves during winter or even die back to the ground in a severe winter, but it will come back strong and true in the spring.It loves full sun, but can’t stand wet feet, so pick a site in your garden accordingly. If you have a wooded edge (or want to get the look of one) this St. John’s Wort will fit right in. It makes a great transition between the yard and the woods, taming down the wildness. Alternately, it brings a nice ‘scruffiness’ to a very formal planting bed. Either way, it can fit into the garden that you have.Because of that, we know that you have a spot in your garden for this easy, breezy native shrub! Buy yours today.* Super low maintenance * Blue green foliage and bright yellow flowers * American native.
Category: St Johns Wort Shrubs
Ames St Johns Wort
Dense, Compact EvergreenThe Ames St. Johns Wort, Hypericum kalmianum ‘Ames’, often commonly called Kalm St. Johns Wort, is a native evergreen shrub or subshrub with upright branching. It typically grows in a dense 2′-3′ tall mound.It is a neatly rounded garden shrub with dazzling golden yellow flowers in mid-summer. ‘Ames’ is slightly hardier than other species and has a more uniform shape.Flowers give way to beaked, oval, brown seed capsules that mature in fall and often persist on the shrub until spring.’Ames’ St Johns Wort is easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. It prefers moist, rich, sandy loams and tolerates some drought.Use as a low hedge, for shrub borders, rocky slopes, or a naturalized areas or pond peripheries.This St. Johns Wort is not particular about soil pH levels and is particularly suited for urban conditions, pollution, etc.* Yellow Flowers in Mid Summer* Compact Native Shrub.
Sunny Boulevard™ St Johns Wort
Bright Buttercups on a BushNo color is as cheery as the color yellow, and very few flowers can touch Sunny Boulevard for its bright yellow flowers. St. John’s Wort Sunny Boulevard (Hypericum ‘Deppe’) is a beautiful and strong American native. It blooms all summer, offering a very long season of color with its bright yellow buttercup-type flowers.This shrub is lacy and soft on the outside, with its soft grey-green leaves and graceful mounding habit, but it has an iron constitution. It is evergreen in all but the most severe winters. You can count on this plant as a mainstay in your garden.Though you can prune up St. John’s Wort and it will be fine, most people prefer the ‘wild’ native look it brings to your garden. Pair it with other plants that will show off its graceful, natural form and fit into a naturalized planting. Baby blue eyes, ‘Little Joe’ joe-pye weed or Paprika yarrow, for instance, are good companions and their colors will look great with that Sunny Boulevard yellow.Find a spot in your garden border for Sunny Boulevard from Nature Hills. You’ll be rewarded over and over again by this great native shrub.* Bright Yellow Flowers All Summer* Willow Like Leaves* Deer Resistant.