General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 4 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Semi-evergreen
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Will not come true from seed
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • St. John's Wort
  • Tall Tutsan
  • Tutsan
  • Sweet Amber
Also sold as:
  • 'Tedbury Purple'
  • Hypericum androsaemum 'Albury Purple'

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-08-26
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2011-07-23

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2011-07-23
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2011-07-23

photo credit: David J. Stang

photo credit: David J. Stang
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-16
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2011-07-23
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2011-07-23
Plant Events from our members
christine2 On June 1, 2014 Obtained plant
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MrsBinWY On August 11, 2018 Potted up
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MrsBinWY On June 10, 2017 Potted up
9
MrsBinWY On March 29, 2017 Seeds germinated
3 on 3-29-17; 5 groups showing on 4-2-17
MrsBinWY On March 11, 2017 Seeds sown
warm room temp in milk jug, 9 groups of seeds from AudreyDee
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