What if one of the most overlooked native shrubs turned out to be a garden all-star? Meet hypericum. 🌼⁠ ⁠ With surprise pops of butter-yellow, these shrubs light up a landscape. And pollinators? They can’t get enough. “It’s a boon for wild bees, bumblebees, too,” says Maryland Master Gardener Christine Kirker. “They literally make the shrubs move.” 🐝⁠ ⁠ The real magic? Flexibility. Hypericum thrives in soggy runoff and gritty, dry spots, making it the perfect connector plant in tricky spaces. They’re low-maintenance, disease-resistant, and charmingly informal at 2–5 feet tall.⁠ ⁠ Want the best species to grow? Writer Max J. Eber shares his top picks—like Hypericum densiflorum, H. kalmianum, H. prolificum, and more—in “Hypericum Rising” in our July/August issue.⁠ ⁠ ✨ Read it at ahsgardening.org. Not a member yet? Join us at connect.ahsgardening.org/join.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ maxjeber ⁠ ⁠ Photos courtesy of janetspaintbox ⁠ ⁠ #hypericum #nativeshrubs #perennialshrubs #perennials #ahsgardening #america...