species
Epimedium × versicolor
Barrenwort
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Epimedium × versicolor is a perennial in the family Berberidaceae, also known as Barrenwort, introduced to the UK. It reaches 30 cm tall and 40 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or shade, on loam or clay soil, where the ground is 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 × 40 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- 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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