Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst' Reference the plant brings a lush

the plant brings a lush

and other sandhill companions at a respectful distance

A close relative of our native crossvine (Bignonia capreolata)

The vine twines rather than clings

Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst' Reference the plant brings a lushHypericum frondosum 'Sunburst' is the garden refined face of a tough native shrub, a compact, rounded selection that mounds to about three feet and fills each summer with powderpuff golden flowers, the largest in the species at nearly two inches across, each a dense brush of stamens over broad yellow petals. The leaves are a cool blue green, and as the season turns the older stems reveal red brown, exfoliating bark, so the shrub keeps a quiet interest