{"id":395,"date":"2014-09-14T02:07:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T09:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=395"},"modified":"2014-09-09T00:47:37","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T07:47:37","slug":"hypericum-st-johns-wort-rose-of-sharon-aarons-beard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/hypericum-st-johns-wort-rose-of-sharon-aarons-beard\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypericum &#8211; St John&#8217;s Wort, Rose of Sharon, Aaron&#8217;s Beard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Make your garden feel a lot better with this cure all&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a title=\"St Johns Wort by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3745359627\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3519\/3745359627_3b5790b489.jpg\" alt=\"St Johns Wort\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hypericum is a large family of perennial shrubs with creeping roots. This specimen is three feet tall and attracts lots of insects from mid June. Often called <strong>St John&#8217;s Wort<\/strong> it is named after St John&#8217;s day which is 24th June when it&#8217;s flowers are collected for medicinal purposes.<\/p>\n<p>In mild climates the shrub can be evergreen with glossy leaves. With several varieties having an award of garden merit this is a shrub that is well worth growing.<\/p>\n<h3>Flowers and Cultivation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The single yellow flowers are often quite numerous as on this Hidcote variety. It is also known as the <strong>Rose of Sharon.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Flower colour varies from pale lemon yellow to an umber or burnt orange-yellow<\/li>\n<li>There are 5 petals and a large number of stamen leading to another common name <strong>Aaron&#8217;s Beard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They flower at the end of branches or stems and create a spicy scent of curry.<\/li>\n<li>After the flowers there are fleshy red berries that contain numerous seeds<\/li>\n<li>The wild flower can be quite invasive spreading by roots or seeds dropped by birds<\/li>\n<li>Prune after flowering. They can stand a hard cut back and may even benefit.<\/li>\n<li>Grow the ground cover Hypericum calycinium Briggadoon which can flower July -October<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Herbal and Medicinal Uses<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">St. John&#8217;s Wort has been used for centuries to treat mental disorders and nerve pain. The flowering tops are used to prepare teas.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Today, St. John&#8217;s Wort is used by some for depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders as well as a balm for wounds, burns, and insect bites.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">St John&#8217;s Wort contains lots of active ingredients including hypercin and hyperfloin and should be purchased in liquid or tablet form so the dose level is known and controlled.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Photosensitivity and sunburn can be caused to users and it is not recommended for pregnant women<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"St Johns Wort by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3797927765\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2028\/3797927765_af19600e00.jpg\" alt=\"St Johns Wort\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Other varieties to try<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>H. beanii with graceful arching stems it is a parent to many varieties<\/li>\n<li>H. olympicum appropriate name for an Olympic year. AGM plant<\/li>\n<li>AGM versions of Hypericum include forrestii, moserianum, kouytchense, roeperianum &#8216;Rowallane&#8217; and uniflorum &#8216;Citrinum&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Another one for the Olympics is H chinense hinting\u00c2\u00a0 where many Hypericums originate.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make your garden feel a lot better with this cure all&#8230;. Hypericum is a large family of perennial shrubs with creeping roots. This specimen is three feet tall and attracts lots of insects from mid June. Often called St John&#8217;s Wort it is named after St John&#8217;s day which is 24th June when it&#8217;s flowers are collected for medicinal purposes. In mild climates the shrub can be evergreen with glossy leaves. With several varieties having an award of garden merit&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/hypericum-st-johns-wort-rose-of-sharon-aarons-beard\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs","category-flowers","category-pests-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}