Bishop's Hat

Epimedium xversicolor 'Versicolor' Berberidaceae

Other names

Bishop'S Mitre

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Groundcover Collection

Source of plant

Robyn's Nest Nursery

Description

Similar to E. grandiflorum except flowering stem sometimes naked. Flowers smaller; petal spurs shorter, petals only just exceeding, or slightly shorter than sepals. Flowers open a beautiful salmon, fading to a paler color. Red mottled leaves in spring.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5