Hypericum Repens Yellow flowers

Explore this garden shrub directory, covering colour, use, shape, size of shrubs. Ground cover is any plant used for the purpose of growing over an area of ground to hide it or to protect it from erosion or drought.

Hypericum Repens

Hypericum Repens

Yellow flowers

Summer flowering shrub

Ground cover is any plant used for the purpose of growing over an area of ground to hide it or to protect it from erosion or drought.

Garden shrubs like this classed as an evergreen shrub. This means the shrub will keep its leaves (normally green) in winter season irrespective of the climate being hot, cold or mild. The most classic example of an evergreen is the fir tree

The shrub is considered hardy but this is a relative term and the degree of hardiness depends upon severity of climate. Seek specific advice if you live in a severe winter area

When fully grown this shrub will reach a height of about 1 feet and spread over an area of about 5 feet

Rich soil and lots of fertilizer suit this shrub. It will reward you well if you feed it well. Neglect the fertilizer and it will not be the shrub you saw in the picture when you bought it. This shrub needs rich soil

No pruning should be carried out on this shrub

The shrub described here is perfect for a rock garden or rockery