Hypericum densiflorum Very Rare since a hard freeze at

since a hard freeze at or after flowering will take the blossoms and the fruit with them

In spring and early summer

so a female needs a male nearby to set the crop of fruit that follows

kin to the Chilean monkey puzzle

atrosanguinea is the red one: where the typical crossvine flowers orange

Hypericum densiflorum Very Rare since a hard freeze atHypericum densiflorum earns the name densiflorum, densely flowered, in high summer, when the twiggy shrub disappears under rounded clusters of small golden flowers, each one a starburst of fine stamens above five clean yellow petals. Bees work the blooms from July into September, and as the show fades the narrow dark green leaves turn a warm yellow, giving way in winter to reddish, lightly peeling bark on the older stems. The common name reaches back