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    Epimedium x warleyense

    Also Known As

    • Epimedium warleyense
    • Barrenwort
    • Bishop's Cap
    • BISHOP'S HAT

    Plant type

    perennial, groundcover

    size

    • H: 8"-20"
    • W: 24"-32"

    planting zones

    • 5a-9b

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    Epimedium x warleyense plant details

    Epimedium x warleyense is a broadleaf semi-evergreen perennial groundcover with green foliage. In spring bronze and orange flowers emerge. Attracts bees making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with mostly sun - mostly shade and even moisture - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in average, clay, gritty, lean, rich, rocky and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant and humidity tolerant.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Epimedium x warleyense

    Plant type: perennial groundcover
    Plant family: berberidaceae
    Foliage: semi-evergreen green
    Mature size: 24 IN - 32 IN - wide, 8 IN - 20 IN - tall
    Flowers: bronze and orange blooms in spring
    Uses: clumping, container plant, easy-to-grow, heart-shaped leaves, long-lived, rock garden, woodland garden

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Epimedium x warleyense

    USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
    Sun exposure: mostly sun - mostly shade
    Watering frequency: even moisture - low
    Resistant to: deer, heat and humidity
    Soil needs: average, clay, gritty, lean, rich, rocky and well-drained

    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    Striking flowers, before the leaves, are coppery red inside with bright yellow spurred petals outside; somewhat sparse as a groundcover but wonderful in the shady border or wild garden. PSh-Sh/M

    By: Forestfarm

    Drama queen! Very attractive, evergreen foliage, 8-12" tall in a slowly expanding clump…brazen flowers in spring are held aloft of the leaves in coppery orange with red and yellow accents. Revels in rich organic soil, but tolerates lean soils, tree roots and dry shade! Morning sun to part shade…no maintenance. Try this lovely at your woodland edge…needs a few years to really reach its potential – worth waiting for!

    By: Secret Garden Growers

    Bright green foliage / small orange flowers.

    By: Little Prince of Oregon

    We bet you'll take your hats off to this 'Bishop's Hat'. Its intriguing flowers have petals of yellow, sepals of coppery orange, anthers of green, and spurs adorned with red streaks. The light green spring foliage is spiny-toothed and has a reddish margin. We plant it alongside our shaded steps and benches amid Helleborus 'Ivory Prince', so that we can enjoy the detail and contrasting colors.

    By: Digging Dog Nursery

    A garden hybrid between Epimedium pinnatum colchicum and Epimedium alpinum with coppery orange flowers, it has been around for quite a while but remains an excellent garden plant. ZONE 4

    By: Arrowhead Alpines

    Relatively small flowers but with broad orange sepals; a rare color among Epimediums. Cup and short spurs are yellow. The evergreen foliage is purple tinted in spring and again in fall. Moderately spreading, about 6" a year and drought tolerant.

    By: Edelweiss Perennials

    Barrenwort" or "Bishop's Cap" have so much going for them...charming flowers, handsome foliage, deer resistance, tolerance of dry shade. Epimedium x warleyense is a durable and vigorous selection with dainty pale yellow and orange sepals. The always attractive olive green, heart shaped foliage is tinted with a red margin. 12" x 12". Slow at first but very long lived. 5 pt. shade/shade

    By: Avant Gardens

    A lovely little semi-evergreen ground cover for part shade to shade with copper-orange and yellow fairy flowers that rise on wiry stems in April before the new leaves emerge. Remove old foliage in February if you like tidyness. Forms a clump 18" high by about 3 ft wide. Loves rich. moist soil, but can tolerate dry conditions as well. Hardy in USDA zone 5a. Named after Warley Place gardens and one of the biggest plant addicts in history.

    By: Cistus Nursery

    Bright wild salmon orange flowers in spring is the hallmark of this selection. Tough perennial which slowly spreads a few inches per year. We trim of the old foliage in early spring to best enjoy the flowers and make way for fresh new growth.

    By: Far Reaches Farm

    Gardening facts about Epimedium x warleyense plant

    How to Grow Epimedium x warleyense

    • Sun Exposure

      • mostly sun - mostly shade

    • Water Needs

      • even moisture - drought tolerant

    • Soil Needs

      • clay
      • adaptable
      • average
      • lean
      • well-drained
      • rich
      • rocky
      • gritty

    • Special Situation

      • heat tolerant
      • humidity tolerant

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green

    • Flower Color

      • bronze
      • orange

    • Wildlife

      • bees
      • deer resistant

    • Flower Season

      • spring

    • Foliage Season

      • semi-evergreen

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