Atlantic St. John’s Wort

{"key":"hypericum","id":"PLT-HYPE-TENUIFOLIUM","slug":"atlantic-st-johns-wort","name":"Atlantic St. John’s Wort","botanical":"Hypericum tenuifolium","eyebrow":"A little native shrub with a sunny role","benefit":"Keep the foreground low and lively.","intro":"A low mound of fine foliage and yellow flowers can soften a sunny garden without building a visual wall. Plan this smaller native as a repeatable foreground layer, with enough room for its spreading outline and the pollinators its flowers attract.","h":[1,2],"w":[1,2],"install":[0.5,0.75],"color":"#789354","habit":"round","light":"Full sun","lightTags":["sun"],"water":"Well-drained sandy soil; establishment water, then match watering to dry periods.","season":"Evergreen foliage; yellow blooms in the warmer months, with timing that varies by site.","care":"A shorter-lived shrub: allow for eventual renewal rather than treating it as permanent screening.","site":"The Florida Wildflower Foundation places this native in the central and western Panhandle as well as the peninsula. Use a sunny, freely draining bed around Pensacola. Keep it out of direct salt spray and saltwater flooding.","sizeNote":"FNPS lists 1–2 ft high and wide; the Florida Wildflower Foundation notes spread can exceed 2 ft. Leave a little flexibility at the edge instead of treating the diagram as a hard limit. The installed example is 6 inches high and 9 inches wide.","uses":["Low native border","Sunny flowering layer","Open sandy garden","Pollinator planting","Small-scale foliage contrast"],"checks":[["Can the view stay open?","Use the low layer where seeing across a bed matters. Check the mature plants behind it too, particularly beside a driveway, seating area or pool fence."],["Where do people pause?","Give flowering plants space beside benches and narrow paths so visitors can enjoy them without brushing directly through the blooms."],["Can the planting be renewed?","Keep the bed accessible for replacing individual plants over time. Permanent edging and lighting should not depend on every small shrub staying in place forever."],["Is the water plan appropriate?","A fine sandy foreground and a damp rear bed may need separate care. Group plants by the conditions they need, then compose the colors."]],"faq":[["Is this the St. John’s wort sold as a supplement?","No. This native ornamental is a different species. Do not use it as a food, tea or home remedy."],["Does a one-foot shrub need a real planting bed?","Yes. Its spread, neighbors and maintenance access still belong on the plan. Small plants can be crowded just as easily as large ones."],["Is it a salt-spray plant?","Do not choose it for direct ocean spray or brackish flooding. A sandy coastal yard can include sheltered areas with very different exposure."]],"sources":[["Florida Native Plant Society","https://www.fnps.org/plant/hypericum-tenuifolium"],["Florida Wildflower Foundation","https://www.flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-hypericum-tenuifolium/"]],"companions":[{"slug":"coastal-false-rosemary","name":"Coastal False Rosemary","title":"Mix two fine-textured natives","reason":"Coastal False Rosemary adds gray-green foliage and lavender flowers in a compatible sunny, sandy bed, with separate room for each mound.","image":{"id":"6a9fefd2b5d71773d64bf03b","url":"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6a975baac0f352647862d847/6a9fefd2b5d71773d64bf03b_landova-rosemary-context-r07.webp","alt":"Illustrative planting concept with Coastal False Rosemary"}},{"slug":"schillings-dwarf-yaupon-holly","name":"Schilling’s Dwarf Yaupon Holly","title":"Add a larger evergreen form","reason":"Place Schilling’s Dwarf Yaupon farther back where its much broader mature canopy will not overtake the low flowering layer.","image":{"id":"6a9f5cd31fbbc23ce58d34ef","url":"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6a975baac0f352647862d847/6a9f5cd31fbbc23ce58d34ef_landova-schilling-context-r05.webp","alt":"Illustrative planting concept with Schilling’s Dwarf Yaupon Holly"}}],"wholeCaption":"Illustrative low, spreading form; a small shrub still needs room to expand.","detailCaption":"Illustrative five-petaled yellow flowers and tiny needlelike leaves.","wholeFit":"contain","native":true,"guideKind":"Native species guide","aliases":["Hypericum reductum","Atlantic Saint Johns Wort","St Johns Wort"],"images":{"context":{"id":"6a9fefd33c7f566bd6ccb150","url":"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6a975baac0f352647862d847/6a9fefd33c7f566bd6ccb150_landova-hypericum-context-r07.webp","alt":"Illustrative planting concept with Atlantic St. John’s Wort"},"whole":{"id":"6a9fefd3b1a5ea91411ff4c4","url":"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6a975baac0f352647862d847/6a9fefd3b1a5ea91411ff4c4_landova-hypericum-whole-r07.webp","alt":"Illustrative view of Atlantic St. John’s Wort overall form","fit":"contain"},"detail":{"id":"6a9fefd44ccdebd0a5006b85","url":"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6a975baac0f352647862d847/6a9fefd44ccdebd0a5006b85_landova-hypericum-detail-r07.webp","alt":"Illustrative view of Atlantic St. John’s Wort foliage and seasonal detail"}},"caution":"Low does not mean fixed: spread can exceed 2 ft. Allow eventual renewal and protect from direct salt exposure."}