PlantFiles: Hypericum
Hypericum cerastoides

I planted some from seed 3 years ago, germination was extremely poor and the intial seedlings were very tiny and slow-growing. However the few plants I did transfer to my garden took hold and have eventually spread to a nice patch of ground cover.

Hypericum - St John's Wort
This is a large and varied genus of 400 species of annuals, perennials, shrubs and a few small trees, some evergreen but mostly deciduous, grown for their showy flowers in shades of yellow with a central mass of prominent golden stamens. They are found throughout the world in a broad range of habitats. Species range in size from diminutive perennials for the rockery to over 10' tall.
Cultivation: Mostly cool-climate plants, they prefer full sun but will tolerate some shade. Thy do best in fertile, well-drained soil, with plentiful water in late spring and summer. Remove seed capsules after flowering and prune in winter to maintain a rounded shape. Cultivars are propagated from cuttings in summer, and species from seed in fall or from cuttings in summer. Some species are susceptible to rust.
Hypericum cerastoides syn Hypericum rhodoppeum
This densely mounding perennial has oval, gray-green leaves and terminal clusters of bright yellow, cup-shaped flowers in late spring and early summer. It has an upright, slightly spreading habit and grows to 12" tall with an 18" spread. Frost hardy, it is useful in rock gardens.
Zones 6-9.

Plants are raised from seed and are planted out summer 2004. Survided our wet winter with occasionly temps down to -11C. Stayed wintergreen.

Territory EURASIA: mediterranean
grassland and thickets.