General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Plant Height: 12 inches
Leaves: Other: New Spring growth is chocolate color fading to yellow then green
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bi-Color: 2 shades of pink
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Gophers/Voles
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Longspur Epimedium
  • Barrenwort

Photo Gallery
Location: National Botanical Garden (DC) | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26
Location: Hexham Alpine Garden Society Show, Northumberland, England UK 
Date: 2022-10-08
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Queen Esta'
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2010-06-04 
Spring foliage.
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2013-05-25 
Spring foliage and flowers.
Location: Litchfield, NH
Date: 2023-07-20
New growth flush with older leaves
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aspenhill On May 11, 2022 Obtained plant
Garden Vision Epimediums - qty 1
aspenhill On February 20, 2015 Obtained plant
shipped June 05, 2015 Garden Visions - qty 1
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