Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: does st john's wort leaf out late or is it dead?, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
beakerlj, I cut it back in the fall and then usually whack it again in the spring, as I never seem to cut enough back. No leaves in the winter and it looks very dead come spring. Here it is in a picture taken of my new Japanese Maple bed, thanks to your coop. It is that brown mass just about the yellow bags of peat toward the lower rt corner. This was taken on April 11 2009. I have had this plant here since the 1980's and have divided it many times. Patti