Hypericum 'rowallane'

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As shrubs, Hypericum tends not to be valued highly by gardeners, perhaps because of associations with new housing developments and supermarket car parks. Possibly for this reason the beautiful Hypericum ‘Rowallane’, which holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit, seems to have fallen out of favour which is a great shame.

It is a splendid shrub, growing to about 2m tall and is very free-flowering being festooned with saucer-shaped golden blooms from early in the season until late autumn. The foliage of this upright shrub is a glaucous green and it will often hold its leaves through most of a mild winter. Its parentage suggests that it could be slightly tender but it survived -12* in the winter of 2010 although it completely defoliated and was a little slow to recover the following year.

Leslie Slinger, the owner of the famous Slieve Donard Nursery in Newcastle, Co Down, spotted it in Rowallane Gardens; it was introduced by the Nursery and listed in its catalogue in 1940. The original plant still grows at Rowallane and our volunteer-maintained garden at the Ulster Folk Museum at Cultra, Co Down also has a fine specimen. It is perfect towards the back of a mixed border where it gives height and colour for many months of the year.

Text by Maeve Bell

Hypericum ‘Rowallane’ - Irish Garden Plant Society