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Epimedium x rubrum
Bishop's Hat, Barrenwort
| Family |
| Berberidaceae |
| Genus |
| Epimedium |
| Species |
| x rubrum |
| Category |
| Perennials |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 6b - 6a |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 6a - 6b |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Height |
| 15 - 30 cm |
| Spread |
| 30 - 45 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
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| Landscape |
| Ground cover, border planting and rock gardens. |
| Cultivation |
| Part and full shade. Moist, well-drained, humusy and dry to medium soils. Rabbit and deer tolerant. |
| Shape |
| Clump-forming. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Habitat |
| Woodlands. |
| Leaf Description |
| Compound, medium green leaves with pointed, spiny-toothed, heart-shaped leaflets that are 7 - 8 cm long. They appear on wiry stems. |
| Flower Description |
| Racemes of short-spurred to spurless flowers that appear above the foliage. |
| Colour Description |
| The flowers are red with red sepals and pale yellow petals. New leaves appear red and turns to green as it matures and becoming reddish again in autumn. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Olds College, Olds, Alberta, Canada. |
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