That is very lovely. But like you said, it looks a lot taller than the plant I saw in her garden, and the flowers look bigger too. Also, the frondosum seems to grow from one main stem, and the plant that I saw had many stems growing from the ground, something like a small spirea. Also, if it's a cultivar, it would have to be an older one. She told me that she's had it for a *long* time; she got it from her mother who is probably long passed away. I hope it doesn't have brown flowers hanging on as you describe. That's one of the *many* things that I so dislike about Bradford pear.

I've never seen any nectar on mine. Mine is just the native hypericum that grows naturally, though, so maybe that makes a difference. Yours is gorgeous! Sherry

I have this PLANT. I HAVE COLLECTED SEEDS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.maybe we can swap

I've got a plant growing on our property that I have been unable to identify but sounds like Hypericum Perforatum. It runs rampant in open, sunny dry areas. I've pulled and dug out the plants whenever I see one. The plants are about 18 to 24 inches tall, have opposite leaves, branch freely from the leaf bases, and yellow flowers. I do not recall how many petals the flowers have but I'm thinking a flower has 4 or 5 petals. I also do not recall the flower as having long stamens that some pictures of St. John's Wort show. Since it's still winter here, I don't have the plant right in front of me. I did a google search on the plant and pictures of it look like my weed. However, I could not find a complete description of Hypericum Perforatum. The plant on our property has a tap root, about 6 inches long on well established plants. After the flowers fade, the seed pods are round and sticky. Actually, the whole plant is somewhat sticky by which I mean when I pull up an established plant, my hands get coated with a viscous substance. If I mow the plant, the stems left in the ground are woody and hurt to walk on. The plant survives quite well after being mowed. Do you think this is St. Johns Wort? TillerBee