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Somewhere lurking beneath the mahonia and fatsia jumble is an odd little tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum) that’s in decidedly the wrong place. The three were planted together fifteen years or so ago, after a trip to a local nursery specialising in shrubs and rather before I had much of an idea what I was doing in the garden. All three are still quite happy, though I decided while chatting through this area with my friend Polly last week that I really need a medium evergreen blob here, rather than a slightly random semi-evergreen one. And so a seedling from the Christmas box (Sarcococca confusa) a few feet away will be moving in, the hypericum will be moving out and, while I know I should be ruthless at this point, I’m not really sure I can just get rid of the little feller. People are a little sniffy about the St John’s Worts (especially H. perforatum) – they often seed about and can get quite rusty, but they’re good doers and take all manner of clipping and bashing about, responding cheerfully to even the most cack-handed chop with fresh growth and healthy foliage. Until I can decide quite what to do with his jolly yellow flowers (I can think of several planting combinations, all a bit rockily mediterranean, and none of which I’ve got in this garden just now), he might need to camp in a pot for a bit.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
