the circle of life

excellent pic, and lovely title, thanks

Is it a hypericum (St.John's Wort)? Probably not - I'm often wrong! Lovely plant, though - the stamens are like whiskers!

very pretty, lovely colour

thanks fran
ah thats the one melchi, thank you, i have a feeling it has another name too?? oh rose of sharon???
thanks yorkshire

very lovely:-))

They are such happy plants. Defo a Hypericum! Good self seeders too!

thanks junna
yes lulu they are all over the garden!!! but this one is a good one!! lots of pretty berries on.

yes hypericum and also rose of Susan, nice doing plant this Sticki, nice close up too :-)

thanks surreylad ~ rose of susan ~ i didnt know that!!!

Lovely photo, Sticki. You made from an ordinary plant a little "rose of Suzanne" miracle :)) How nice, SL knows so many things about flowers. I didn´t know this name of hypericum either.
For both of you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFT4z9ZOeE4

thanks katarina, Surreylad knows loads of things about plants and gardening!

thanks for the music too, one of my daughters in law is called susan!

my sister in law is a Susan too :-))

perhaps i better pot one of these up for them!!!

Lol :-))

I love this plant I really do. I have two different ones and they always amaze me with how bright and striking they are and the berries afterwards are a real bonus. Lovely picture

:-)

Great picture Sticki. I set some Rose of Sharon last year and just starting to flower now.

thanks homebird and dawnsaunt, is there another similar plants with bigger flowers? these are a bit less than 2 centimetres across!

I have the Hypericum that are around 3 feet tall with lots of smaller flowers. How tall are your plants Sticki?

Yes there is! This one is very pretty - lots of folk-lore about St.John's Wort.

about 2 and a half foot this one, possibly 3 dawn? but i have some with bigger flowers that are shorter

is it good for you tuesday?

Is what good for me, Sticki? It's good for depression - is that the sort of thing you mean?

oh sorry i meant is st johns wort good for us?

and if it is how do you get that part from the plant?

The version with bigger flowers is a ground cover plant which spreads with abandon the smaller one you picture (beautifully) is a shrub version with more berries, all share the collection of names! super plants :o)

At this point I concede defeat! Not a clue how you get the right bit from the plant. I used to buy it in capsule form from a health food shop. It has some connection with the Summer Solstice too and though I ought to, I don't quite remember what it is.

thanks neellan, yes that would explain the other one ~ it spreads everywhere!!!

i have seen it in tablet form tuesday, doesnt seem to be sold as a tea does it? i shall have to have a look on google

I have the one that spreads, I have a love/hate relationship with it as it has invaded my bottom raised bed and I cannot get rid of the darn stuff, at the moment I love it as its providing me with colour, lol....

i know exactly what you mean lincslass, the one with the bigger flower seems to pop up all over the place [doesnt always flower either]

Yes, lot's of folklore about St Johns Wort. Meant to be good for depression but shouldn't be used in conjunction with prescribed anti depressants.

I have a smaller version of this as well, thinks it's ever green, it's so pretty. No big red seed heads though, just lots of pretty yellow flowers!

sounds a lovely one lulu, i must have seen it?

Great picture for a lovely hardy plant ;0)

Thanks PP! It's a good plant isn't it?