Epimedium x warleyense
at Digging Dog

Epimedium

Barrenwort or Bishop’s Hat

Dense and leafy Epimedium is one of our most successful ground covers for the moist woodland setting. New heart-shaped leaves on wiry stems unfurl in spring with a rosy, marbled coloration that fades to green as summer approaches. In autumn, the marbling returns in coral and copper, enduring mild winters.

The tiny, unusual flowers (Bishop’s Hats) are held above the foliage in airy sprays, and resemble miniature Columbines. Durable and long-lived, Epimediums can adapt to drier conditions once established, spreading slowly and steadily. Both flowers and foliage are prized for small arrangements.

Epimedium x warleyense   

We bet you’ll take your hats off to this ‘Bishop’s Hat’. Its intriguing flowers have petals of yellow, sepals of coppery orange, anthers of green, and spurs adorned with red streaks. The light green spring foliage is spiny-toothed and has a reddish margin. We plant it alongside our shaded steps and benches amid Helleborus ‘Ivory Prince’, so that we can enjoy the detail and contrasting colors.

Blooms April–May.

Size: 12" high x 12" wide; hardy to zone 5.

Epimedium x warleyense (P-0291)
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Other selections in this genus

• Epimedium ‘Amber Queen’
• Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Lilafee’
• Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Purple Pixie’
• Epimedium x perralchicum ‘Frohnleiten’
• Epimedium perralderianum
• Epimedium ‘Pink Elf’
• Epimedium x rubrum
• Epimedium x versicolor ‘Sulphureum’
• Epimedium x warleyense ‘Orange Queen’
• Epimedium x youngianum ‘Niveum’
• Epimedium x youngianum ‘Roseum’