Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'

barrenwort

• Position: partial shade
• Soil: humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: slow-growing
• Flowering period: April to May
• Flower colour: violet-purple
• Other features: the leaves are valuable for winter flower displays
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Sprays of tiny lilac-purple spring flowers suspended on delicate, wiry stems above bronze-flushed, light-green leaves. This elegant foliage plant is perfect for a lightly shaded site, with moist soil. Handsome leaves resembling lopsided hearts look lovely at the front of a shady border or growing next to woodland plants.
  
  
• Garden care: In early spring remove dead and damaged leaves before the flowers appear and apply a thick mulch of compost or well rotted compost around the crown of the plant. Lift and divide large clumps in autumn.
  
  
  • Eventual Height: 0.25m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.3m
  Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee' - barrenwort Profusion of large lilac flowers