Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Tidy mounded shrub smothered in bright yellow puffball flowers all summer — long bloom rare in shrubs. Thrives in poor dry rocky soils where many shrubs fail. Distinctive reddish exfoliating bark.
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–4 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators, mammals, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV
Related native plants
More Hypericum species
- St. Andrew's Cross (Hypericum hypericoides)
- Fourpetal St. John's Wort (Hypericum tetrapetalum)
- Pineweed (Hypericum gentianoides)
- Roundpod St. John's Wort (Hypericum cistifolium)
- Golden St. Johnswort (Hypericum frondosum)
- Dense St. John's Wort (Hypericum densiflorum)