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hypericum - what to do now

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What sort aym?  

There are shrubs and ground cover sorts 

show us a picture.  

The shrubby ones like sun, good drainage and not too fussy about nutrients.  

If they are in 3  litre or bigger pots you can plant them out.

if you have the ground cover varieties beware....they are invasive

so, what names on the labels? 

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  • CloggieCloggie Posts: 1,457

    image  See my Hypericum in the background.  They can be a beast!  Mine is about as tall as me (5'3") and probably wider (than me - say it's not so?! ha ha! ). I've found them to be tough as old boots.  i had one in another garden up north and that was the loveliest hypericum I've known, only waist height and had lovely egg shaped buds with red edging.  Not coarse at all.  The one I inherited in this garden was a bit rough when I met her and I thought about giving her her marching orders but I tell you what, she's a hard worker - flowers all summer long now she's not fighting brambles and nettles for space.

  • CloggieCloggie Posts: 1,457

    image Here is the rough version (unfortunately the photography is also rough!)

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    I think those with the different coloured berries, in GCs now, are varieties of Hypericum x inodorum



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489

    Aym: I have two with pink berries and one with white,  At this time of year they do turn black.  I think they are super shrubs with small, delicate flowers followed by the berries which last for ages. As mine are now 3ftx3ft, I cut them back to about 18 inches in the spring to prevent them going woody.

    SW Scotland
  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    Aym they're almost indestructible and not fussy in the slightest. A good shrub/ perennial and you can literally cut them to the ground and they come back.

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