{"title":"Hypericum","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust exactly who is St. John, and why does he have worts? Botanically speaking, 'wort' is an old English word meaning 'plant', not a skin disorder. Hypericum is a genus of perennial wildflowers that has been associated with John the Apostle for hundreds of years because it blooms on or around the Feast of St. John in midsummer.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Middle Ages, Europeans believed that hypericum possessed magic powers and would hang it around their houses for protection from witches and evil spirits. The genus name is actually derived from this practice. The words 'hyper' meaning above and 'eikon' meaning picture which is a reference to the practice of hanging the flowers above pictures or windows.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eSt. John's Wort Plants in Traditional Medicine\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRecords of its use in traditional medicine date back to the ancient Greeks and even today St. John's Wort extract is a popular medicine to treat depression and other medical disorders, certainly the modern equivalent of being haunted by evil spirits, although that's not why we sell it. Recent studies have shown that \u003ca title=\"Opens nih.gov in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nccih.nih.gov\/health\/st-johns-wort\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSt. John's wort can interact very badly\u003c\/a\u003e with a variety of medications, especially those used to treat depression.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eHypericum in the Garden\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWe grow hypericum because it is a great landscape plant that attracts butterflies. It produces hundreds of yellow flowers during the summer months and it is extremely tough. Many St. John's wort plants are drought-tolerant, tolerate a wide range of soil types and grow well in full or part sun. It is worth noting that some species are North Carolina native plants.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hypericum-myrtifolium-georgia-girl","title":"Hypericum myrtifolium Georgia Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eI'll never understand why some great native plants like Hypericum myrtifolium are completely overlooked by both the nursery industry and home gardeners. I met the lovely Hypericum myrtifolium in 2001 while botanizing in Pierce County, Georgia. There she was, growing in a moist cutover woodland, teeming with more snakes than I've seen in one place since watching \u003cem\u003eRaiders of the Lost Ark\u003c\/em\u003e. Our 2017 Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction has thrived at JLBG in both moist bogs, but also in our full sun rock garden surrounded by cactus and agaves. This cutting grown clone, which we named Hypericum 'Georgia Girl' forms a woody\/perennial shrublet to 15\" tall x 35\" wide, that flowers heavy in spring, sporadically in summer, and heavy again in fall, still going strong for us in mid-November. The terminal clusters are home to several dozen small rosy red buds that open to 3\/4\" wide flowers, each composed of five yellow petals, and a gazillion yellow stamens clustered in the center like a yellow fiber optic lamp...seriously far out! \u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":22573563461,"sku":"10641","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hypericum-myrtifolium-Georgia-Girl.i-10641.s-64882.r-1_a1603de1-69bf-4665-8db3-09f470387f17.jpg?v=1790100518"},{"product_id":"hypericum-inodorum-hypearl-compact-red","title":"Hypericum inodorum Hypearl Compact Red","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Hypericum Ruihyi174a) Hypericum 'Hypearl Compact Red', from Holland's De Ruiter Innovations, B.V., is an astonishing breakthrough in St. John's Wort for the garden. These amazing shrublets, created from a cross of Hypericum androsaemum × Hypericum hircinum, form a 4' tall x 4' wide mass of upright stems, clothed with thumb-sized glaucous green leaves and topped, starting in May and continuing non-stop into November (NC) with \u003ca title=\"See more of our yellow flowers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/yellow-flowers-gold-flowers\"\u003ebright yellow flowers\u003c\/a\u003e, followed with bright red fruit that lasts well through fall, giving it a tremendously long season of interest. Since Hypericum 'Hypearl Compact Red' was bred for the cut flower trade, you'll probably want to buy more vases. Hypericum 'Hypearl Compact Red' has really impressed us in our garden trials...we hope you share our excitement.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":6363384447015,"sku":"13518","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hypericum-inodorum-Hypearl-Compact-Red.i-13518.s-65293.r-1_2c00aff9-38c2-47ee-8945-49942a777bb0.jpg?v=1789583963"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/collections\/Hypericum-x-inodorum-Hypearl-Compact-Red-1900x350_ca8eec27-6a52-4d7a-8d47-52c70c165cc6.jpg?v=1685541277","url":"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/hypericum.oembed","provider":"Plant Delights Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}