• Red St. John's Wort in a 4-inch pot, yellow flowers that ripen into glossy red berries on reddish stems
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Red St. John's Wort

Red St. John's Wort

HYPERICUM Magic Marbles 'Red'

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Blooms Summer through Fall
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Common Name(s)
St. Johns Wort
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
Perennial Zones
5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
2'–4'
Max Spread
Over 24"
Special Features
Cut flowers
Garden Design Role
Bedding
Bloom Season
Summer, Fall
Lifespan
Perennial
Growing Habit
Round, Mounding, Bushy, Compact
Drought Resistance
High drought resistance
Bloom Color
Yellow
Foliage Color
Green
Stem Color
Red/Orange, Green
Genus
Hypericum
Family
Hypericaceae
Ship Size
4"

Red St. John's Wort earns its keep twice: bright yellow flowers through summer, then glossy red berries that hold on the stem for weeks. Hypericum × inodorum Magic Marbles Red arrives as a live 4-inch plant and fills out into a tidy, rounded shrub.

Those berried stems are a florist staple, and here you can cut your own — they are the piece that makes an autumn arrangement look finished. In the garden it reads as a neat mound for a mixed border or a large patio container, in full sun or a few hours of shade, in soil that stays moist but drains. The berries are strictly for looking at, not for eating.

Fun fact: the name is a calendar. Hypericum traditionally opens its yellow flowers around St. John's Day in late June, which is how the whole group came by its common name.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
  • Water: Keep moist
  • Mature Size: 2'–4' tall × over 24" wide
  • Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Perennial
  • Hardiness Zones: 6–9
  • Attracts: Bees
  • Special: Cut flowers

Cut untidy growth back in spring and rest easy: it arrives healthy or we replace it free.

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