If you haven't already done so, now is the time to cut back the Hypericum, which is also known variously as St John's Wort, or Rose of Sharon: it's a group of shrubs and sub-shrubs, some of which are prostrate (which is how I feel this morning, but that's another story), some of which are upright in growth habit, all of which are covered in bright yellow flowers for a long part of the year.
I think that, technically, Rose of Sharon refers to the prostrate, ground-cover Hypericum calycinum, but frankly most people use the common names quite interchangeably.
But now it is time to cut it back.....
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