General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 9 to 18 inches (23-45cm)
Plant Spread: 9 to 18 inches (20-45cm)
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Erosion control
Groundcover
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Tolerates dry shade

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Common names
  • Bishop's Hat
  • Barrenwort
  • Bishop's Cap
  • Fairy Wings
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Epimedium pinnatum subsp. colchicum
  • Synonym: Epimedium colchicum

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Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2023-03-25
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Apr 18, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Sep 17, 2011
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: May 6, 2008
Flower shape and details are unique for the genus Epimedium, flat
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: April 16, 2012
bloom stalks
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: April 21, 2010
Fresh spring foliage & bloom, in a year where overwintering folia
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: April 29, 2011
Shearing off old winter foliage can improve unobstructed visibili

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Apr 27, 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Apr 27, 2011

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: January 11, 2017
Foliage is semi-dependably evergreen in New England
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: Aoril 8, 2010
Flower stalks emerge first, fuzzy coiled leaf stalks are next, in
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: April 30, 2010
Spring foliage takes on a light reddish tinge.
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: November 24, 2016
Late autumn foliage, typically evergreen going into winter.

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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