Hypericum kalmianum David Geiger and deeply rooted in the

and deeply rooted in the botanical heritage of the South

or massed as an evergreen groundcover beneath deciduous trees

Slugs and deer both admire hostas

and that second word opens onto two thousand years of history

then turned that same restless curatorial instinct on camellias late in life

Hypericum kalmianum David Geiger and deeply rooted in theHypericum 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