Water Wise Plants

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St. Johnswort

Groundcover

2 in. tall and 1 1/2 in. wide

Low: water every three weeks until the root ball is wet

Full to half sun

Bright yellow

Hypericum reptans, or ground cover St. Johns’s Wort, is ideal for dry sunny and partially shady areas. This ground cover looks and behaves differently from other species of St. John’s Wort. It has very small leaves and flowers, grows close to the ground and spreads slowly, with yellow flowers appearing in the summer.

Spent flowers can be sheared off when the plant is done blooming. It is easy to start new plants by planting cuttings directly into the soil when the weather has cooled.