Tuesday 26 July 2022
St John's Wort - Hypericum
St John's Wort - Hypericum
The image is drawn on royal blue brolly fabric. The green background is also from a broken umbrella.
There are numerous varieties of this deciduous shrub.
Historically, parts of the plant has been used in medicine.
As per 2020, the small upright variety in our garden had finished blooming by early middle July.
"11 July 1906 …I gathered …Small Upright St John’s Wort, Perforated St John’s Wort…”
Edith Holden, Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
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