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Georgene A. Bramlage
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Georgene A. Bramlage
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Hey Bob!
I have a Hypericum (species ?) (shrubby St. John's Wort) planted about 30 years back which is 6-feet-tall +/-. It flowers in August to September; but the flowers are only abut 1/2-to-3/4" in diameter. The leaves have a slightly yellow varigation along the border.
I don't know the species (and have never been able to figure it out) because garden club friends gave three very small cuttings of them to me when we first moved into this house. The one that is thrving is the only one, of the three, that survived.
At this point, I feel the only way I can get positive identification is to take pieces over to the Arnold Arboretum (Boston, MA).
If you have or can get your hands on a copy of Dirr, Manual of Woody Landscape Plants you'll find he has a lot to say about Hypericum including the ones introduced by Roy Lancaster to England (and by extension Ireland)!
Happy Planting,
Georgene (AKA Cercis)
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