Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst'

Photo Credit:

JC Raulston Arboretum

BOTANICAL NAME:  Hypericum frondosum ‘Sunburst’

COMMON NAME: “Sunburst St. John’s Wort”

ATTRACTS:  Bees, Butterflies & Pollinators

RESISTANT: Deer

BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: large, golden-yellow flowers from early to mid-Summer

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:   Full to Part Sun

HEIGHT: 3 to 4 feet

WIDTH: 3 to 4 feet

EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Deciduous/Hardy Perennial

WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Medium moisture, well-drained soil, prefers moist, rich sandy loams.

GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Low maintenance

Good cut flowers

HARDINESS ZONES: 4-8

Sunburst Hypericum is an upright, mounded shrub that has attractive, glossy blue-green foliage and large, golden-yellow flowers from early to mid-Summer. Perfect as a specimen or massed together in borders.