Dear All,
Am a new gardener having inherited a beautiful garden and this
will be the first of many posts i'm sure.
I have a large bush which is tagged Hypericum, is this St Johns Wort or are
there varities of Hypericum? It is a large bush
about 2 metres high and wide.
I assumed StJohns Wort to be a smallish herb? I have some herbs one of which
I thought was StJohns Wort, it has 5 petalled flowers though its stems
branch like a buttercups, it does not have the perforations however like
i've read it should have. The large bush does... can anyone help?

Many Thanks..

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Dear All,
Am a new gardener having inherited a beautiful garden and this
will be the first of many posts i'm sure.
I have a large bush which is tagged Hypericum, is this St Johns Wort or are
there varities of Hypericum? It is a large bush
about 2 metres high and wide.
I assumed StJohns Wort to be a smallish herb? I have some herbs one of which
I thought was StJohns Wort, it has 5 petalled flowers though its stems
branch like a buttercups, it does not have the perforations however like
i've read it should have. The large bush does... can anyone help?

Hypericon is the genus. There are several cultivated varieties: the one
you have sounds like H. androsæmum or H. inodorum.

A low ground-covering relative is Rose of Sharon, H. calycinum.

Wild things:

The St. John's wort you have described is H. perforatum, which grows in
clumps of upright stems with small yellow five-petalled star-shaped
flowers. (About 12" - 18")

Also: Beautiful St. John's Wort; Bog St. John's Wort; Creeping St.
John's Wort; Hairy St. John's Wort; Mountain St. John's Wort;
Narrow-leaved St. John's Wort; Square-stalked St. John's Wort; Wavy St.
John's Wort; and a few others which don't seem to have common names, and
one or two more which are hybrids of others.

--
Rusty
There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who read binary and
those who don't.
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"Jack In The Thundersley" wrote in message
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Dear All,
Am a new gardener having inherited a beautiful garden and
this
will be the first of many posts i'm sure.
I have a large bush which is tagged Hypericum, is this St Johns Wort or
are
there varities of Hypericum? It is a large bush
about 2 metres high and wide.
I assumed StJohns Wort to be a smallish herb? I have some herbs one of
which
I thought was StJohns Wort, it has 5 petalled flowers though its stems
branch like a buttercups, it does not have the perforations however like
i've read it should have. The large bush does... can anyone help?

Many Thanks..

Hypericums were known as 'St.John's wort' though the tendency now is to
use the generic name 'Hypericum'. 'St. John's wort' tends to be used for
the smaller and wild species.
Another common name for the large flowered creeping species is 'Rose of
Sharon'[UK only]H.calycinum.
The plant you saw should have had more information on the label but is
quite likely a variety of H. patulum~ 'Hidcote'? Though it's a little early.
Best Wishes Brian.

As Brian suggested, it is more than probable that you have Hypericum
Hidcote, which is shown on this site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...ages/403.shtml

Regards,
Emrys Davies.





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"Jack In The Thundersley" wrote in
message
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Dear All,
Am a new gardener having inherited a beautiful garden
and
this
will be the first of many posts i'm sure.
I have a large bush which is tagged Hypericum, is this St Johns Wort
or
are
there varities of Hypericum? It is a large bush
about 2 metres high and wide.
I assumed StJohns Wort to be a smallish herb? I have some herbs one
of
which
I thought was StJohns Wort, it has 5 petalled flowers though its
stems
branch like a buttercups, it does not have the perforations however
like
i've read it should have. The large bush does... can anyone help?

Many Thanks..

Hypericums were known as 'St.John's wort' though the tendency now is
to
use the generic name 'Hypericum'. 'St. John's wort' tends to be used
for
the smaller and wild species.
Another common name for the large flowered creeping species is 'Rose
of
Sharon'[UK only]H.calycinum.
The plant you saw should have had more information on the label but
is
quite likely a variety of H. patulum~ 'Hidcote'? Though it's a little
early.
Best Wishes Brian.

Do the leaves smell?

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

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writes
Dear All,
Am a new gardener having inherited a beautiful garden and this
will be the first of many posts i'm sure.
I have a large bush which is tagged Hypericum, is this St Johns Wort or are
there varities of Hypericum? It is a large bush
about 2 metres high and wide.
I assumed StJohns Wort to be a smallish herb? I have some herbs one of which
I thought was StJohns Wort, it has 5 petalled flowers though its stems
branch like a buttercups, it does not have the perforations however like
i've read it should have. The large bush does... can anyone help?

The botanical (latin) names of plants are assigned to reflect the way we
think they have descended from a common ancestor and indicate
relationships between plants. Hypericum is a genus name - within
Hypericum there are many different species, including Perforate St
John's Wort (H perforatum), Hairy SJW (H hirsutum) and similar small
native species all called St John's Wort. There's also Tutsan (H
androsaemum) which is bushy, and Rose of Sharon (H calycinum) which has
huge flowers ... your bush Hypericum may be one of these two.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

Hallo All

The big bush certainly looks like the one in the picture. Does
this have the hypericum oils like St Johns Wort I wonder. I ask because
apparently you can get dermatitis?.
In answer to Steve Harris questions, yes the leaves do smell, almost a nutty
citrus smell, gorgeous.
Still not sure about the little ones though, the leaves do not smell nor
are they perforated but they pop up all over the garden, out of the
hedgerows and in fence panneling etc. They're not a nuisance as I quite like
them.. I have turned over a large section of my garden for native
wildflowers and though they do not prliferate there amongst the cornflowers
etc I bet that's where the little blighters began.
Am in the process of photographing the garden so one day I can link to
these questions.
Many thanks for your answers and as I said earlier, I'm a newbie and have
hundreds of questions. Am trying to find a horticultural club in this part
of Essex without success...never mind.


"Emrys Davies" wrote in message
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As Brian suggested, it is more than probable that you have Hypericum
Hidcote, which is shown on this site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...ages/403.shtml

Regards,
Emrys Davies.





"Brian" wrote in message
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"Jack In The Thundersley" wrote in
message
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Dear All,
Am a new gardener having inherited a beautiful garden
and
this
will be the first of many posts i'm sure.
I have a large bush which is tagged Hypericum, is this St Johns Wort
or
are
there varities of Hypericum? It is a large bush
about 2 metres high and wide.
I assumed StJohns Wort to be a smallish herb? I have some herbs one
of
which
I thought was StJohns Wort, it has 5 petalled flowers though its
stems
branch like a buttercups, it does not have the perforations however
like
i've read it should have. The large bush does... can anyone help?

Many Thanks..

Hypericums were known as 'St.John's wort' though the tendency now is
to
use the generic name 'Hypericum'. 'St. John's wort' tends to be used
for
the smaller and wild species.
Another common name for the large flowered creeping species is 'Rose
of
Sharon'[UK only]H.calycinum.
The plant you saw should have had more information on the label but
is
quite likely a variety of H. patulum~ 'Hidcote'? Though it's a little
early.
Best Wishes Brian.

"Steve Harris" wrote in message
...
Do the leaves smell?

__________
Only if they have noses! It's a funny old language~~ we seem to lack a
suitable verb.
Best Wishes Brian