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Barrenwort
Epimedium × perralchicum 'Frohnleiten'
Genus: Epimedium
Species: × perralchicum
Cultivar: 'Frohnleiten' ...

 


Barrenwort
Latin: Epimedium grandiflorum
Patience is a virtue. We all know the old refrain, but it always surprises me how few people really believe it, let alone practice it.

Red Barrenwort, Barrenwort
Valued for their airy spring flowers and shiny evergreen to deciduous leaves, use these tough, low-growing perennials for shady flower borders, woodland and rock gardens and containers.

Longspur barrenwort is a clump-forming, deciduous, rhizomatous perennial. Leaves, light green and flushed bronze when young, are heart-shaped with spiny margins.

Barrenwort
Epimedium sp.
Slowly spreading, clump forming perennial has heart shaped foliage that is evergreen in some varieties. Dainty flowers in shades of pink, yellow, purple or white, depending on variety.

Barrenwort, bishop's hat, fairy wings, horny goatweed (Epimedium species)
Bishop's cap (Astrophytum myriostigma, Echinocactus myriostigma)
Bishop's mitre, sand dollar (Astrophytum ornatum, Astrophytum asterias)
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Barrenwort
(Epimedium species)
Clumps of evergreen or semi-evergreen heart- shaped leaves with dainty crimson, yellow or white flowers in early spring.
6 to 18 inches ...

Barrenwort ( Epimedium )
Barrettiae Penstemon ( Penstemon barrettiae )
Barrie Bergman Canadian Hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis ) ...

'Lilafee' Barrenwort, Fairy Wings, of Bishop's Cap is a cultivar of Epimedium grandiflorum. In April & May it has lilac-purple flowers which look like spider-legged tadpoles with yellow throats, swimming over small leaves.

Epimedium--Barrenwort, Bishops Hat
Episcia - Flame Violet, Peacock Plant, Chameleon Plant
EPISCIA INSECTS ...

Barrenwort (Epimedium x versicolor) blooms in spring; attractive foliage all season
Ferns attractive foliage all season
Hostas bloom in summer; attractive foliage all season
Deadnettle (Lamium maculatum) early summer ...

Common name: Barrenwort, Bishops Mitre.
History: The common name 'barrenwort' refers to the ability the plant was once thought to have prevented conception.
Origin: Originates from Japan, North Korea & China. Grown in woodland areas.

Barrenwort (Epimedium)
Basket-of-gold (Aurinia saxatilis)
Beardtongue, penstemon (Penstemon)
Bear's breeches (Acanthus sp.)
Bee balm (Monarda sp.)
Bellflower (Campanula sp.)
Bergenia (Bergenia sp.)
Blanket flower (Gaillardia x grandiflora) ...

Bishops cap, Barrenwort
Equisetum arvense Horsetail
Eryngium bourgatii Sea holly
Erysimum Wallflowers
Euphorbia pulcherrima Poinsettia in the garden
Euphorbia pulcherrima Poinsettia history and culture
Euphorbia splendens Crown of thorns ...

Epimedium x rubrum : Red Barrenwort - Landscape
Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum' : Sulphureum Bicolor Barrenwort - Flowers
Eupatorium coelestinum : Hardy Ageratum - Whole Plant ...

Hellebores are wonderful companion plants for Galanthus (snowdrops), Primula (primroses), Tiarella (foam flowers), Epimediums (barrenwort), Pulmonaria (lungwort), and...... well just about anything that pleases you.

It pairs well with many shade garden plants, like Brunnera (Siberian Bugloss), Cranesbill Geranium, Dicentra (Bleeding Heart), Epimedium (Barrenwort), Ferns, Hellebore, Heuchera (Coral Bells) and Tiarella (Foamflower).

See also: Epimedium, Green, Evergreen, Rose, Pink