species
Epimedium grandiflorum
Barrenwort · Bishop's hat
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Epimedium grandiflorum is a perennial in the family Berberidaceae, also known as Barrenwort or Bishop's hat, introduced to the UK. It reaches 30 cm tall and 30 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or shade, on loam or clay soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from April to May. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 30 cm tall × 30 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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