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Hypericaceae
Pale st. john's-wort
Hypericum montanum
Also known as Hypericum ellipticum, Pale St. Johnswort, Elliptic St. John's-wort, Hypericum montanum f. abbreviatum
Native Plants · St-Johns-Wort · Hypericum · Medicinal · Wildflower · Perennial · Woodland · Part-Shade · Cottage-Garden · European · Yellow-Flowers
Pale St. John's-wort is a low-maintenance perennial that prefers partial shade and moderately moist, well-drained soil. It is a great choice for naturalistic woodland or cottage garden settings across temperate Europe. Once established, it requires minimal intervention and rewards you with small yellow flowers in summer.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- peat
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand South, North Caucasus
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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