Irish Wildflowers - St.Johns-wort 'Hidcote'

Photographs: County Cork

St.Johns-wort 'Hidcote'
Hypericum 'Hidcote'
Family: Hypericaceae

Flowering June-October. Semi-evergreen shrub. Garden escape. Introduced.

Garden cultivar, probably a hybrid of Hypericum calycinum.
Long-lasting golden yellow flowers, more than 5cm. in diameter.
Leaves evergreen or semi-evergreen. Height to 180cm. Hardy.

Well-drained soils, grows in sun or semi-shade.

Similar: Forrests' Tutsan, Hypericum forrestii

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