{"id":2701,"date":"2012-07-13T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2012-07-13T11:57:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T15:57:39","slug":"brigadoon-hypericum-wakes-up-a-garden-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/07\/13\/brigadoon-hypericum-wakes-up-a-garden-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Brigadoon’ Hypericum Wakes Up a Garden Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chartreuse foliage of 'Brigadoon' hypericum<\/p><\/div>\n

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The bright chartreuse (almost golden) foliage Brigadoon St. John\u2019s wort (Hypericum calycinum<\/em> ‘Brigadoon’) can brighten up almost any dull garden spot. This Euro-Asian ground cover thrives in any well-drained soil under full to partial sunlight (USDA zones 4-7). Full\u00a0sun may burn the summer foliage\u00a0in zone 7.<\/p>\n

‘Brigadoon’ grows 12 to 16 inches tall and spreads quickly to about\u00a0two feet in width. Space plants 16-18 inches apart. In the sun, the small oval-shaped leaves turn a dazzling orange-gold.\u00a0 It blooms heaviest in full sun.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bright gold two inch wide flowers form in June and July with\u00a0clusters of pincushion-like stamens in the\u00a0center. Often, the flowers\u00a0do not visually stand out because of the golden foliage.<\/p>\n

Brigadoon is easy to grow and maintain. Foliage often remains evergreen in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7), but dies back\u00a0when left exposed to\u00a0extreme cold in snowless winters. As a ground cover, it is best sheared back with a sharp lawn\u00a0mower set at 5-6 inches\u00a0high\u00a0to encourage vigorous re-growth in early spring.<\/p>\n

Use Brigadoon to edge the front border\u00a0of a foundation, around tall trees and shrubs, or in a rock gardens St. John\u2019s wort is an excellent vigorous groundcover, but be warned that\u00a0its underground stoloniferous rootsystem may grow\u00a0aggressively. Its rapid growth and deep rootsystem\u00a0will stabilize steep embankments.<\/p>\n

Brigadoon is bothered by\u00a0few insect or disease problems. St. John\u2019s Wort (Hypericum) has been utilized since medieval times in the treatment of wounds and to ward off evil spirits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The bright chartreuse (almost golden) foliage Brigadoon St. John\u2019s wort (Hypericum calycinum ‘Brigadoon’) can brighten up almost any dull garden spot. This Euro-Asian ground cover thrives in any well-drained soil under full to partial sunlight (USDA zones 4-7). Full\u00a0sun may burn the summer foliage\u00a0in zone 7. ‘Brigadoon’ grows 12 to 16 inches tall and spreads […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[749,674,806,628,774,843,601,723,630,705,901,706],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2701"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3352,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions\/3352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}