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| Description | A Kalmn Hypericum with bluish foliage. |
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| Pronunciation | (hy-PER-ee-kum) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | aveage, moist, well drained |
| Flowers | bright yellow, 5 petals, 5 light green/yellow sepals, mass of yellow stamens in the center, borne in cymes |
| Fruit | seed capsule |
| Leaves | narrow, blue green |
| Dimensions | 3-4 feet by 3-4 feet (HS), upward arching |
| Native Site | species endemic to Great Lakes region, USA |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced by Dr. Paul Cappiello. Director of Yew Dell Gardens, in Crestwood, Kentucky (USA) |
| Misc Facts | "Genus name honors Peter Kalm, a student of Linnaeus, who reportedly discovered the species plant in the wild in North America in the mid-1700s". (#144) |
| Author's Notes | I have seen this Hypericum on a few occasions. It definitely has some of the bluer leaves of all the Hypericum I have seen. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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