Hypericum prolificum prophouse-fall-2027 powder-blue stars in late spring

powder-blue stars in late spring

catching the low light of April along forest edges

most at home in the sandy soils of the Coastal Plain and reaching into the Piedmont and the Cumberland Plateau

The flowers open white in early summer

and Uruguay

Hypericum prolificum prophouse-fall-2027 powder-blue stars in late springHypericum prolificum lives up to the name, prolific, disappearing each summer under a heavy crop of bright yellow flowers, each three quarters of an inch to an inch across and stuffed with a golden brush of stamens. The shrub is dense and rounded, with arching branches, narrow shiny leaves, and reddish, exfoliating bark that peels to show paler layers once the foliage thins. The name reads as a promise of abundance, and the old common name St. John's