sweet-amber
Hypericum androsaemum
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Variegated
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Sweet-amber (Hypericum androsaemum) is a shrub for borders, hedges, and low maintenance gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. Deer tend to pass it by. It grows fast and forms a clumping mound with variegated leaves. Yellow flowers open in spring and again in summer, and birds visit the plant.
Pairs well with Munstead lavender, Autumn fern, and Black-eyed Susan.
Native range
Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia.