Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum'
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- ep-ih-MEE-dee-um BY ver-sih-KOL-or sul-FER-ee-um
- Description
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Bicolor Barrenwort is a shade tolerate ground cover that forms attractive clumps of heart-shaped leaves that are reddish in spring, green in summer and reddish in fall. Growth is up to 1 foot tall with a 1-1.5-foot spread.
Preference is for light to moderate shade in average to organically enriched, medium moist, well-drained soil. It is drought tolerant once established and spreads by rhizomes. The bright yellow flowers appear in clusters in mid to late spring.
Use this plant in shady woodland gardens, rock gardens, along walkways, shady borders or under trees and bushes. Shear foliage in late winter before flowers appear.
- See this plant in the following landscapes:
- Part Shade Garden
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Epimedium
- Family:
- Berberidaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Europe
- Dimensions:
- Height: 0 ft. 6 in. - 1 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 0 ft. 1 in. - 1 ft. 6 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Ground Cover
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Semi-evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Clumping
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- Low
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil pH:
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Occasionally Dry
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5a, 5b, 6b, 6a, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9b, 9a
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Raceme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Shape:
- Tubular
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- Clusters of 1-inch flowers with bright yellow petals with short spurs and pale yellow sepals.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Semi-evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Red/Burgundy
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:
- Red/Burgundy
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Shape:
- Cordate
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Width:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Description:
- 3 inch long heart-shaped leaflets on wiry stems. Leaves are reddish in spring and again in fall, green in the summer. The plant forms attractive clumps.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Naturalized Area
- Walkways
- Woodland
- Landscape Theme:
- Rock Garden
- Shade Garden
