Hypericum Week

2008/25: Hypericum is named in several European languages after St. John the Baptist, because it usually first flowers on about June 24, the saint's feast day, which is also close to the solstice that is variously celebrated as "midsummer" or as the start of summer. This warm year, Hypericum has shot out its first bloom 10 days before the established date, bringing a bright yellow accompaniment to the mauve of Lavatera and the cream of the towering perennial Aruncus dioicus. Another great perennial eye-catcher are the tall "red-hot poker" stems of Knifhofia