Bishop's Cap

Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lavender Lady' Berberidaceae

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Source of plant

Garden Vision

Description

A cross between E. sempervirens 'Violet Queen' and E. grandiflorum 'Silver Queen'. Its red leaf color comes from the former and its numerous leaflets from the latter It forms a mass of wide-spreading, low-growing leaves composed of medium-sized leaflets, their edges suffused with a deep red that fades into a soft green, netted center. This foliage is topped by full panicles of large, lavender flowers with white spur tips. 8" tall in bloom. No second growth flush. Semi-evergreen.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5