Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Bright yellow, stamen-packed flowers cover this compact mound for weeks in midsummer, a top pollen source for native bees. Takes dry, poor soil.
Typically 1 quart–3 gal · $17–$85 · final price at pickup
- Thu, Aug 138 AM – 4 PM
- Fri, Aug 148 AM – 4 PM
- Sat, Aug 158 AM – 2 PM
One of the highest-value pollen plants for native bees in midsummer, tough enough to grow in conditions where almost nothing else thrives.
Shrubby St. John's Wort blooms in midsummer with a burst of bright yellow flowers that cover the plant for weeks. Each five-petaled flower is packed with stamens that native bees, especially specialist pollen collectors, work from morning to evening. It's one of the top late-summer pollen sources in any garden, arriving right when other flowering shrubs have finished. The plant itself is a neat, compact mound with small shiny leaves and peeling reddish-brown bark on older stems. It handles dry, rocky, and poor soils that challenge most shrubs, precisely the conditions along sunny slopes, driveways, and open edges where you need a tough, low-maintenance performer. Highly deer resistant and essentially pest-free.
A nursery-grown plant, ready for the ground.
Healthy, container-grown shrubby st. john's wort propagated on-site at Hill House from regional genetics. Includes a one-page care card. We make every effort to supply plants as listed; occasionally we substitute a similar species of equal value.
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Average
- Mature size
- 2–4 ft · 24–48 in wide
- Bloom time
- Midsummer, late summer
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Native range
- Eastern and Central North America
Care notes for shrubby st. john's wort.
Full sun in dry to average, well-drained soil. Extremely drought-tolerant once established. do not overwater. Cut back by about one-third in early spring to encourage bushy new growth and heavy bloom. No serious pests or diseases. Thrives in poor, infertile conditions.
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