Barrenwort, Bishop&

Barrenwort, Bishop's Hat, Fairy Wings

Epimedium x cantabrigiense

A tough shade-tolerant ground cover with ornamental foliage and delicate spring flowers suited to dry shady sites.

  • Numerous dainty yellow flowers with a pink tinge and yellow stamens
  • Leaves are copper-tinted in the spring and mature to green in the summer
  • Foliage turns to hues of bronze and red as the season cools and remains through the winter
  • Semi-evergreen foliage
Size
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Partial shade, Shade
Soil Moisture
Well-drained, Moist, Average
Drought Tolerant
✓
Hardiness Zone
5 – 5
Mature Height (meters)
0.3 – 0.5
Mature Spread (meters)
0.5 – 0.6
Growth Rate
Slow
Flower Colour
Yellow
Foliage Colour
Green
Fall Colour
Red
Bloom Time
Spring
Habit
Mounding
Deer Resistant
✓
Rabbit Resistant
✓
Pollinator Friendly
✓
Landscape Uses
Border
Growing & Maintenance Tips
Grows best in a average to moist, well-drained soil, in partial shade. Epimedium spread by rhizomes and are slow to establish. Once established, they make a tidy ground cover for dry, shady locations. Pruning in late winter will encourage fresh leaves and profuse flowers.
Notes
Epimedium cantabrigiense isa cross betweenE. alpinumandE. pubigerum.

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