'Hidcote' Gold St John's Wort Bushes

'Hidcote' St John's Wort Plants: Hypericum x hidcoteense

Golden yellow, lightly scented flowers about 8cm wide, with prominent stamens that stand out against the evergreen, deep green foliage. Can be used as ornamental hedging. To 1.5m

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Features:

• Golden yellow flowers
• Blooms July-September (longer in the South)
• Deep green foliage
• Evergreen shrub
• Decent as ornamental hedging & ground cover
• Good for bees.
• Not to be confused with medicinal herb St John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum
• To 1.5m
• RHS Award of Garden Merit

Growing Hypericum 'Hidcote'

Any well-drained soil is fine, in sun or partial shade, though improve poor soil with compost, and shelter from harsh winds. If it gets too battered in winter, it may die back to the ground until spring, but that should only happen in a really severe year.

In Your Garden Design

Whatever the weather, this dense-growing hypericum will provide a cheery show of sunshine in its flowers over several months. Plant singly or en masse as a hedge which Hidcote has done very effectively at the end of a lawn. It is also good for gardens bothered by deer - they are not interested. A plant combination we have seen in a Dorset garden that is good in a spacious border is a lovely pink blush of a shrub rose such as Rosa Grootendorst (which can be a turned into a hedge too) or Rosa de Rescht. A climbing hydrangea, such as Petiolaris, would make a good backdrop for it and it also contrasts well with grasses and hot-coloured Pink perennials.