[MAIPC] Hypericum. A shrub

[Grund, Steve]

Hypericum prolificum is one of the shrubby Hypericums native to central Virginia, and probably the most likely one to be cultivated, as it is a nice full shrub with showy flowers and does not require wetland soils. It is an edge species in my experience, but I have not seen it behave aggressively. If you go to http://out.accessify.com/visit?domain=vaplantatlas.org and enter Hypericum prolificum in the search window, you will find the Virginia Plant Atlas page for the species. You gotta love showy stamens!

From: MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org] On Behalf Of Alison Pearce
Sent: 07 November 2019 18:58
To: Ruth Douglas; 'Richard Gardner'; paqinc at aol.com; maipc at lists.maipc.org
Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Hypericum. A shrub

The specific epithet for Hypericum prolificum refers to the fact that it has many stamens, not any propensity to spread or reproduce abundantly (which it doesn’t).

From: MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org> on behalf of Ruth Douglas <cvilleruth at embarqmail.com>
Date: Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 6:35 PM
To: 'Richard Gardner' <rtgardner3 at yahoo.com>, "paqinc at aol.com" <paqinc at aol.com>, "maipc at lists.maipc.org" <maipc at lists.maipc.org>
Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Hypericum. A shrub

Richard, I’ve heard from a subscriber to the listserv that there is a native, H. prolificum. She noted that the species name suggests it could be, well….prolific. I didn’t see anything about that when I looked up the material on it in Flora of Virginia.

Best,

Ruth

From: Richard Gardner [mailto:rtgardner3 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2019 5:53 PM
To: paqinc at aol.com; maipc at lists.maipc.org; Ruth Douglas
Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Hypericum. A shrub

It is not native.

On Thursday, November 7, 2019, 05:35:55 PM EST, Ruth Douglas <cvilleruth at embarqmail.com<mailto:cvilleruth at embarqmail.com>> wrote:


Unfortunately, I don't. Sorry, I"d like to know too.

Ruth

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Subject: RE: [MAIPC] Hypericum. A shrub

Do you know if it's a native hypericum or not?

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Subject: [MAIPC] Hypericum. A shrub

Hi. I got a question from someone who was given a shrub Hypericum and wanted to know if it was invasive and/or poisonous. She doesn’t know the species. I think she lives in Central VA.
Thanks for any information.
Best,
Ruth Douglas

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