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EPIMEDIUM
Commonly known as Barrenwort, Bishop's hat
This species is riding on a wave of popularity because of new-to-the-west species from China and Japan. The Asiatics require summer moisture whereas Europeans can be mainstays in dry shade.
Genus of more than 50 species of evergreen and deciduous rhizomatous perennials from the Mediterranean to temperate easten Asia. They are found in woodland, scrub and shady, rocky places which gives an idea of their preferences.
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Deciduousheart-shaped leaves, sometimes bronze-tinted when young, which colour well in autumn.
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Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennialRhizomatous perennials. Small, saucer- to cup-shaped flowers, often with spurs. Colours range through yellow, beige, white, pink, red and purple
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HerbaceousEarly in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
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Partial shadeShelter from cold drying winds.
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Additional Features
Good to knowGrow as ground cover under trees or shrubs. Clip back old leaves in early spring before flower spikes form.
Pests & DiseasesVine weevil, mosaic virus.
Place of originMediterranean to temperate eastern Asia. -
Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soilHumus-rich.
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WildlifeRabbit Resistant
- Dividing Herbaceous Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring Planting Osteospermums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Summer Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing summer flowering Hemerocallis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-seeding aquilegia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Supporting Plants - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading meconopsis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading Delphiniums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Feeding herbaceous peonies - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Overpotting Problems - Video Tip ondemand_video
Buy Varieties of EPIMEDIUM
EPIMEDIUM 'Akebono'
white flowers flushed pink. Startling red new foliage
Gift-wrapping available
EPIMEDIUM 'Amber Queen'
orange flowers in profusion. Sometimes blooms again in autumn
Gift-wrapping available
EPIMEDIUM grandiflorum
white or pale yellow pendent flowers
EPIMEDIUM x perralchicum 'Fröhnleiten'
yellow flowers
Gift-wrapping available
EPIMEDIUM 'Spine Tingler'
('Sphinx Twinkler'). Lance-shaped, toothed leaves, bronze when young. Sprays of yellow flowers in spring
Gift-wrapping available
EPIMEDIUM versicolor 'Sulphureum'
hardy perennial tolerant of semi-shade with pale yellow spurred flowers
Gift-wrapping available
EPIMEDIUM x warleyense
compact perennial with small bright orange-red sepals with yellow centre. Leaves tinted red when young
Gift-wrapping available
EPIMEDIUM x youngianum 'Niveum'
snow white
Gift-wrapping available
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