I always imagine Shrubby St. John's lining a driveway, with its cheerful yellow blooms guiding the way all summer long.
 
     Birds, butterflies, native bees love Shrubby St. John's, with our native bumblebee being its primarily pollinator.  It's a host to several moth larvae and the sole host to the Fomoria hypericella.
 
     Shrubby's bark exfoliates, exposing an orange inner bark and providing winter interest, and its deciduous leaves yellow in fall and hang on into early winter. 
 
     Shrubby naturally forms a bushy appearance and is adaptable to drought, flooding, sand and clay.
 
     Fun fact:  Shrubby St. John's-wort once was used to treat wounds and burned to ward off evil spirits on the eve of St. John's Day. (Missouri Botanical Garden).