Elegant Epimedium Collection
Common name: Barrenwort
Perhaps time to brighten your garden with this beautiful, pink-flowered evergreen.
-15 to -20°C
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Flowering abundantly in spring and early summer, Epimedium are also known as 'Bishops Hat' due to the shape of each flower. These are delicate blooms which have a delightful habit of nodding in the slightest breeze. Your collection comprises:grandiflorum 'Pink Elf'- sprays of pretty, pink, star-like flowers, each with four arching sepals, over evergreen foliage, which has bronze tones when young, height 45cm, spread 60cmgrandiflorum 'Purple Pixie' - wiry, branched, red-purple stems rise, bearing open racemes of large blooms with vivid, pink-purple sepals and bright white spurs from the end of March to July, an herbaceous perennial, height 30cm spread 45cmpubigerum - a profusion of small, pink flushed buds, open revealing cream-white blooms with bright yellow centres - evergreen foliage is bronze in winter and purple-bronze when young, height 40cm, spread 60cm.Creating dense carpets of weed-suppressing foliage, Epimedium spread by rhizomes and are perfect for planting into borders and containers, under shrubs and trees or in a woodland setting. Originating from Eastern Europe, Epimedium prefer to be situated in moist, well-drained soil in a fully or partly shaded spot. All are hardy requiring very little attention over winter.
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Key Information
| Included In this Collection | Epimedium Pink Elf 9cm pot | Epimedium Purple Pixie P9 | Epimedium pubigerum 9cm pot |
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| Latin Name | Epimedium Pink Elf 9cm pot | ||
| Common Name | Barrenwort | ||
| Hardiness | H6 (-15 to -20°C) | ||
| Colour | Pink | ||
| Format | 9cm Pots | ||
| Position | Part-Shade, Part-Sun | ||
| Height in Maturity (m) | 0.35 | ||
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.45 | ||
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Loam Sand | ||
| Aspect | East-facing, North-facing, West-facing | ||
| Good for pots | Yes | ||
| Good for groundcover | Yes |
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