The Shrubby St. Johnswort's native range goes from southern New England down to northern Georgia into areas of Louisiana to east Oklahoma to central Iowa to northeast Illinois through southern Michigan and the southeast tip of Ontario to central New York from swampy places to banks of watercourses to open upland woods and fields to upland shallow, rocky soils to cliffs in silt-clay loam soils to sandy or gravelly soils. The leaves are sort of shiny above, dark green, and to 3 inches long, with a poor yellow-green fall color. The dry, brown fruit is 3-celled capsules in fall and winter that rattle some when disturbed. The old stems get a heavy paper exfoliation revealing smooth glossy inner bark. It has a shallow, fibrous root system and is easy to transplant. I don't see this species very much in landscaping. In fact, I only see this Hypericum genus occasionally used in landscapes and gardens. It is known and used by landscape architects and some garden enthusiasts, but very little by the general public. Native plant nurseries sell it, but conventional nurseries really use more flashy selections of St. Johnsworts as the 'Sunburst' Golden St. Johnswort. I don't recommend lots of this Hypericum genus, but the use of some is good.

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