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How to plant and care for Hypericum (Hidcote)
Hypericum 'Hidcote'
🌸 Flower
🔁 Perennial
Large, golden-yellow saucer flowers from July to October on a semi-evergreen shrub. Very easy in sun or part shade.
When to plant and care for it
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Flowers
Prune
Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.
Growing Hypericum (Hidcote): what it needs
- Light
- Part shade · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Water well for the first summer, then in dry spells
- Soil
- Fertile, well-drained soil
- Spacing
- 1.2 m
- Height
- 1.2 m
- In pots
- Only in large containers
- Feeding
- Balanced feed in spring
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 5–9
Step by step
- On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as it was in its pot, 1.2 m apart, and firm in.
- 0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In Well
Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.
- 7–14 days after “Water In Well”
Mulch Around the Base
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.
Every year
- MarchPrune
Cut back last year's shoots by up to half to keep it bushy.
- AugustIn Flower
Golden saucers in flower.
