| General Description | A loose formed, but low mounded shrub with delicate branching and linear leaves. Flowers are bright yellow and quite prolific.
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| ID Characteristic | A small shrub with opposite leaf arrangement, and small linear leaves. Bright yellow flowers with a post persistent capsule fruit.
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| Shape | Dense, rounded form, small. |
| Landscape | Best suited to mass planting for full effect. Ideal for large scale commercial plantings since it is relatively care free. |
| Propagation | Softwood cuttings taken in June - July root easily if treated with 1000ppm of IBA and placed in sand undermist. Seed germinates without pretreatment. |
| Cultivation | Loosen up soil, remove rocks and weeds, does well in dry soils, full sun.
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| Pests | Hypericum rust can damage some species and cultivars otherwise it is a relatively problem free plant.
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| Notable Specimens | The Gardens of Fanshawe College, London, Ontario. |
| Habitat | New Jersey and Iowa to Georgia. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Older stems are light brown and exfoliating and tend to become gnarled with age.
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| Leaf Description | Opposite leaf arrangement. Simple, narrow oblong to oblanceolate, 2.5 - 7.6 cm long, 0.6 - 1.2 cm wide. Obtuse, dark lustrous green or bluish green above, no noticeable autumn colour.
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| Flower Description | 1.91 - 2.54 cm in diameter, bright yellow, flowers late June to August, borne on auxiliary and terminal flowered cymes.
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| Fruit Description | Dry, dehiscent 3 valve capsule, persistent all winter, brown, offers a good identification feature, could be used for dried arrangements.
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| Colour Description | Dark lustrous green in summer, possibly considered bluish green. There is no noticeable autumn colour. Bark is light brown, flowers are clear yellow.
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| Texture Description | Medium. |
