This semi-deciduous shrub has spreading branches that form a rounded habit with oblong to lanced-shaped leaves that are mid green and turn red during autumn. The large cup-shaped yellow flowers appear from summer to autumn.

Hardiness zones 7 to 10

Hypericum patulum is naturally found in cooler parts of China growing in rock ravines and open hillsides from an altitude from 1,500 m (4,921 ft) to 2,438 m (8,000 ft). 

It prefers a moderately fertile well-drained sand-stony to clay soil with a pH range from 5.5 to 7.5. It prefers a sunny to semi shaded protected position and is drought tender but light frost tolerant. 

St. John's Wort is grown for its large attractive flowers and its bushy habit. It is planted in small gardens or parks along shrub borders as a low screen or as a specimen in a large rockery. It can also be grown in a container and establishes in 3 to 5 years and is suitable for coastal and inland regions. Under cultivation it requires a light prune during winter to thicken up. ID 94

Hypericum (hi-pe-REE-kum) patulum (PAT-yoo-lum)

Clusiaceae (klu-see--AY-see-ee)
Mangosteen Family