# @ahs_gardening on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOKO1W8E-uz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/55035797-ahs-gardening-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-04T00:16:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Horticultural Society | American Gardener Magazine (@ahs_gardening) — https://gondola.cc/ahs_gardening

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What if one of the most overlooked native shrubs turned out to be a garden all-star? Meet hypericum. 🌼⁠
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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.” 🐝⁠
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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.⁠
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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.⁠
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✨ Read it at ahsgardening.org. Not a member yet? Join us at connect.ahsgardening.org/join.⁠
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Photos courtesy of janetspaintbox ⁠
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