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    EPIMEDIUM
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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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    • Good to know
      Grow as ground cover under trees or shrubs. Clip back old leaves in early spring before flower spikes form.
    • Place of origin
      Mediterranean to temperate eastern Asia.
    • Deciduous
    • Evergreen
    • Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial
      Rhizomatous perennials
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
    • Rabbit Resistant
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    Varieties
    EPIMEDIUM 'Akebono'
    White flowers flushed pink. Startling red new foliage
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    EPIMEDIUM 'Amber Queen'
    Orange flowers in profusion. Sometimes blooms again in autumn
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    EPIMEDIUM grandiflorum
    White or pale yellow pendent flowers
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    EPIMEDIUM x perralchicum 'Fröhnleiten'
    Yellow flowers
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    EPIMEDIUM 'Spine Tingler'
    ('Sphinx Twinkler'). soft yellow flowers appear above spiny marginal burgundy-brown leaves
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
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    EPIMEDIUM versicolor 'Sulphureum'
    Hardy perennial tolerant of semi-shade with pale yellow spurred flowers
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    EPIMEDIUM x warleyense
    Compact perennial with small bright orange-red sepals with yellow centre. Leaves tinted red when young
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    EPIMEDIUM x youngianum 'Niveum'
    Snow white
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
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    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
    All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants. Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
    1 ltr
    £8.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Blood, Fish & Bone
    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
    1.5 kg
    £6.50
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