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St John's wort 'Gold Cup' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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St John's wort 'Gold Cup'

Hypericum × cyathiflorum 'Gold Cup'

Low Maintenance

Genus: Hypericum
Family: Hypericaceae

About this plant

'Gold Cup' is a bushy shrub up to 1.5m high, with arching branches and deciduous, lance-shaped, mid-green leaves, up to 8cm long, and pyramidal cymes of up to nine cup-shaped, golden yellow flowers, 5-6cm across, in summer; bees may visit the flowers for pollen

Growing Information

Height

1-1.5 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full SunPartial Shade

Soil

ClayChalkLoamSandy

Acid

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Alkaline

Neutral

Moisture

Poorly Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, in sun or partial shade

Pruning

Pruning group 1 (little or no pruning of trees and shrubs) or pruning group 6 (deciduous shrubs that flower from midsummer onwards)

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings or semi-ripe cuttings in summer

Pests

Generally pest-free

Diseases

Generally disease-free

Garden Uses

Uses

Cottage InformalGround Cover

Planting Places

GreenhouseOutdoorWall Trained

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

1-1.5 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Ten To Twenty Years