|other shrubs.
| | |
H. aureum |North America |Yellow; |Reaches a height of about 4
| |July and |feet. The orange-yellow
| |August |flowers, about 1-1/2 inches
| | |across, have a large and
| | |conspicuous mass of yellow
| | |stamens in the centre.
| | |
*H. calycinum (Rose|Levant |Yellow; |Forms a dense mass a foot
of Sharon, St. | |July to |high, while the
John's Wort) | |Autumn |golden-yellow flowers are
| | |quite 3 inches across. The
| | |long hair-like stamens are
| | |very numerous and
| | |attractive. It will
| | |both grow and flower well
| | |in shady spots.
| | |
H. elatum (Tall St.|North America |Yellow |Grows 4 to 5 feet high, and
John's Wort) | | |is very robust. The
| | |flowers, however, though
| | |freely borne, are only
| | |about an inch in diameter.
| | |
H. hircinum |Europe |Yellow; |When roughly handled the
| |Autumn |leaves of this species have
| | |an unpleasant goat-like
| | |odour, but it is decidedly
| | |ornamental, forming as it
| | |does a bush a yard high,
| | |while the flowers are
| | |bright yellow.
| | |
*H. hookerianum |Himalayas |Yellow; |Rather more tender than
(Syn. H. | |Autumn |some of the Hypericums, but
oblongifolium) |