Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Hidcote Tutsan, Hypericum x hidcoteense
Photographs: Kinsale, Co. Cork

Hidcote Tutsan (St.Johns-wort 'Hidcote')
Hypericum x hidcoteense
Family: Hypericaceae

Flowering June-October. Semi-evergreen shrub. Garden escape.

A garden cultivar (probably a hybrid of Hypericum calycinum) with long-lasting golden yellow flowers, more than 5cm. in diameter. Leaves are evergreen or semi-evergreen. Height to 180cm. Spreads vegetatively

Occasionally recorded as a garden escape or discard

Similar: Forrests' Tutsan, Hypericum forrestii

Hidcote Tutsan, Hypericum x hidcoteense

Hidcote Tutsan, Hypericum x hidcoteense
Hidcote Tutsan, Hypericum x hidcoteense

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