St. Andrew's Cross
Hypericum hypericoidesnative · Central Texas
St. Andrew's Cross is a shrub native to Central Texas that grows 1–4 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms yellow in summer and fall. Good for bees, birds and butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- Summer, Fall · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on loam, moist, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, birds and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Northern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
206 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.