General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 12 - 18 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: New growth is orange and ages to yellow and retains its yellow color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: USPP 25,941
Parentage: Sport of: Brigadoon

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Golden Rule®
Cultivar name: 'NCHC1'
Common names
  • Aaron's Beard
  • Creeping Saint John's Wort

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Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 7-5-15
Hypericum Golden Rule
Location: Raulston Arboretum North Carolina
Date: 2020-03-08
Mature purplish foliage contrasts with golden new foliage
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2018-05-10
Location: My garden, Central NJ
Date: 9/14/14
Hypericum Golden Rule

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