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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 8 to 12 inches (20-30cm)
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Other: Deciduous at colder extremes of hardiness.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Provides winter interest
Groundcover
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Tolerates dry shade
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Barrenwort
  • Bishop's Hat
  • Yellow Fairy Wings
  • Persian Barrenwort
Also sold as:
  • Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum'

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Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden) Date: April 4, 2024 Barrenwort # 256 nn; LHB p. 413, 72-7-6, "Greek, A name from Dios
Photo by AntMan01
Location: Twisp Date: May
Photo by AntMan01
Location: Blaine TN Date: 2019-04-27 Covered with tree seed after a very windy day
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C. Date: 2009-11-14 The ruby glow of autumn leaves. 5:17 pm.
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU Date: 2014-04-23
Location: Twisp Date: November
Date: 2012-04-15
Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden) Date: April 4, 2024 Barrenwort # 256 nn; LHB p. 413, 72-7-6, "Greek, A name from Dios
Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU Date: 2014-05-03
Location: Dover, Pa Date: 2015-05-01
Location: Oswego, Illinois Date: 4/2022
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C. Date: 2009-05-10 5:50 pm. An amazingly complex blossom structure for such a small
Location: From my collection. Poland. Date: 2022-05-01
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI Date: 2010-04-05
Date: 2018-05-04
Location: Frelinghuysen Arboretum Date: 2018-05-06 as a ground cover
Location: Greenfield, NH Date: 2015-05-17
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU Date: 2016-10-18
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C. Date: 2009-05-10 5:50 pm. Beautifully shaped leaves.
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI Date: 2010-04-18
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania Date: 2015-04-22
Location: My garden in N E Pa. Date: 2014-05-05
Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3. Date: 2011-06-28
Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Credit florum
Credit florum
Credit florum
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI Date: 2010-04-05
Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
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Discussion Threads about this plant
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Mistaken ID, this is Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum' by AntMan01 Feb 1, 2018 3:01 PM 14
Mis-identification: this photo is not E. pubigerum. by AntMan01 Apr 2, 2018 3:32 PM 1

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