Can anyone identify this please? A hedge a sea of yellow

Quincy

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Spotted a hedge of this type in a lidl carpark in cork and it was lovely in bloom, the whole hedge a sea of yellow flower. As far as i am aware, this is evergreen.

thanks, Very Happy

GarethAustin · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:08 am Post subject:

I think this is Hypericum.

i have anice grouping of this in my own garden, but its never been evergreen. Maybe in some sheltered gardens it retains some foliage.

GPI · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:04 pm Post subject:

Hypericum "Hidcote" is right.
Here it is in my own garden, bottom left, a cluster of three.

inishindie · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:04 pm Post subject: more on hypericum

Great raised bed!!

Peat if I am not mistaken.

Hypericum (St Johns wort) is a trouble free plant that is used a lot in amenity planting. It's a medicinal plant too, used for depression and to treat alcoholism amongst other things.

The primary active constituent is a pigment in the leaves and flower dots called hypercin. It is considered an herbal replacement for Prozak!

Hypericum products are banned (I think ) in Ireland and can only be obtained by prescription.

A quote from VHI health says "St John's Wort totally eliminates the effectiveness of oral contraceptives and is claimed also eliminates the effectiveness of drugs used to treat aids sufferers, heart, cancer, lukemia patients.

The Hypericum calycinum L. has escaped into the wilderness in Northern Ireland and is seen as an invasive weed all over the world

Probably too much information but I though it was worth a mention!
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