(Sawtooth Hydrangea, Shirotae Sawtooth Hydrangea)

A native of the mountains of Korea and Japan, mountain hydrangea is a deciduous flowering shrub with a rounded, bushy habit and coarse green toothed leaves. This summer blooming hydrangea shares a lot of similarities with the popular bigleaf hydrangea ( Hydrangea macrophylla), but it is more cold hardy, more compact and has smaller leaves.

Big clusters of flowers appear from mid to late- summer. These typically have small fertile flowers towards their centers and showy sterile flowers...

(Sawtooth Hydrangea)

The graceful pink or lavender-blue lacecap-type flower clusters of 'Shishiva' glimmer in the garden from midsummer to fall. Floriferousness and a compact habit are two more of its pleasing attributes.

This hardy deciduous flowering shrub has a rounded bushy habit and flat dark green leaves with toothed edges. Its big clusters have small fertile flowers towards their centers and large, showy sterile flowers along the edges. Flower color is usually pH dependent, acid soils encourage bluer flowers...

(Sawtooth Hydrangea)

The lilac pink or blue lacecap-type flower clusters of 'Spreading Beauty' glimmer in the garden from midsummer to fall. Its other pleasing attributes include a compact, spreading habit and fine red fall color.

This hardy deciduous flowering shrub has a spreading bushy habit, and dark reddish green leaves with toothed edges. Its big clusters have small fertile flowers towards their centers and large, showy sterile flowers along the edges. Flower color is usually pH dependent, acid soils encourage...

(Sawtooth Hydrangea)

The iridescent pink or purple-blue lacecap-type flower clusters of 'Woodlander' shine in the garden from summer to fall. Its other pleasing attributes include a vigorous rounded habit and purple-hued leaves.

This hardy deciduous flowering shrub has a spreading bushy habit and purplish dark green leaves with toothed edges. Its big clusters have small fertile flowers towards their centers and large, showy sterile flowers along the edges. Flower color is usually pH dependent, acid soils encourage...

(Gemo St. Johns Wort, St. John's Wort, St. Johnswort)

The willow-like leaves of ‘Gemo’ are topped with many showy clusters of small, yellow flowers from summer to fall. Regarded as having one of the longest flowering seasons of all Hypericum cultivars, this shrubby hybrid is evergreen in milder climates, becoming progressively more deciduous in areas with colder winters.

Unlike many other St. John worts, 'Gemo' has finer, narrow leaves that are medium to dark green with a satiny sheen. Beginning in early summer, numerous small flowers...

(Hidcote St. John's Wort, St. John's Wort, St. Johnswort)

The large, sunny yellow flowers of this shrubby St. Johns wort are displayed throughout the summer against a backdrop of smooth, dark green foliage. An award-winning hybrid, ‘Hidcote’ is evergreen to semi-evergreen in warmer climates, but may die to the ground in the coldest parts of its hardiness range, rejuvenating in spring like a perennial.

The branched, red-tinted, somewhat arching stems of this attractive shrub form a round, mounded shape. They are densely covered with dark blue-green,...

(St. John's Wort, St. Johnswort)

With handsome green foliage with lighter green undersides, tutsan is especially pretty when the yellow summertime flowers develop into berry-like fruits that change from red to purple to black as they ripen. Native from western Europe eastward to northern Iran, this semi-evergreen shrub is bushy and mounding in form with many upright branches.

The leaves are a pleasant green, each blade held in opposite pairs on the branches. Leaves are oblong and have a lighter green underside. In summer, branch...

(Albury Purple St. John's Wort, St. John's Wort, St. Johnswort)

With handsome purplish green foliage with lighter green undersides, Albury Purple tutsan is especially pretty when the yellow summertime flowers develop into berry-like fruits that change from red to purple to black as they ripen. Native from western Europe eastward to northern Iran, this semi-evergreen shrub is bushy and mounding in form with many upright branches.

The new leaves emerge purplish burgundy and mature with more green tones, each blade held in opposite pairs on the branches. Leaves...

(Large-flowered St. John's Wort, St. Johnswort)

This low-growing, spreading shrub is typically planted in masses as a groundcover. Large-flowered St. John's wort is evergreen or semi-evergreen, depending on climate, and originates from southern Europe and southwestern Asia. It has angled stems that root and run above and below ground to form large mats. Some of the above ground stems have upright growth.

The foliage and flowers of this Hypericum are both attractive. The leaves are oval to oblong, arranged oppositely on the stems...

(Brigadoon Large-flowered St. John's Wort, Large-flowered St. John's Wort, St. Johnswort)

When the bright leaves of ‘Brigadoon’ first emerge they are chartreuse blushed with orange turning to chartreuse or yellow-green. This low-growing, spreading shrub is typically planted in masses as a groundcover. Brigadoon St. John's wort is evergreen or semi-evergreen, depending on climate, and originates from southern Europe and southwestern Asia. It has angled stems that root and run above and below ground to form large mats. Some of the above ground stems have upright growth.

The foliage...