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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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Deciduous
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Evergreen
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Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennialRhizomatous perennials
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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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Additional FeaturesGood to knowGrow as ground cover under trees or shrubs. Clip back old leaves in early spring before flower spikes form.Place of originMediterranean to temperate eastern Asia.
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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
EPIMEDIUM 'Amber Queen'
orange flowers in profusion. Sometimes blooms again in autumn
EPIMEDIUM grandiflorum
white or pale yellow pendent flowers
EPIMEDIUM x perralchicum 'Fröhnleiten'
yellow flowers
EPIMEDIUM versicolor 'Sulphureum'
hardy perennial tolerant of semi-shade with pale yellow spurred flowers
EPIMEDIUM x warleyense
compact perennial with small bright orange-red sepals with yellow centre. Leaves tinted red when young
EPIMEDIUM x youngianum 'Niveum'
snow white