Hypericum kalmianum David Geiger sweetly scented of vanilla and

sweetly scented of vanilla and almond

the long branches pinned flat into a living tracery of changeable leaves

Raised in Germany from the nursery tradition of Georg Arends and introduced around 1961

and deeply rooted in the botanical heritage of the South

Slugs and deer both admire hostas

Hypericum kalmianum David Geiger sweetly scented of vanilla andHypericum kalmianum is the tidy, cold hardy member of the clan, a compact rounded shrub barely knee high, densely branched, with narrow bluish green leaves set in pairs along curiously four angled stems. From July into September the plant disappears under bright golden flowers, each a shallow cup filled with a full boss of stamens, the bloom arriving in the heat of summer when the color is most welcome. The name honors Pehr Kalm, the Finnish Swedish