Plants and animals of Pointfield

An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015   

Ornamental flowers and grasses 

Hidcote St John's wort

Hypericum x hidcotense


Appearance

A large semi-evergreen perennial 1 m height and spread. Leaves relatively small and unpunctate, but with crescentic leaf dots. Flowers prolific, the petals broad and contiguous; sepals short and not showing; stamen also shorter than petals and yellow-tiped. No berries or stolons. Stem red and cylindrical without ridges.

Habitat

Under the Japanese Maple in partial shade.


Months in flower