St John's Wort
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Latin Name: Hypericum kalmianum
Current Height and Cost: 1 ft - $25
Eventual Size at Maturity: Height - 2ft Spread - 3ft
Space Requirements: 3ft from fences, paved surfaces or buildings
Form: dense, spreading
Growth Rate: slow
Tolerates Standing Water: no
Light Required: full sun to ½ shade
Fall Colour: orange to purple
Flowers small yellow flowers July to August
Fruit: dry, brown capsules in August
Wildlife and Other Notes: low-growing, spreading groundcover
Shrub Tips: hardy shrub that tolerates poor, dry soil
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