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Also Known As

Epimedium calcaratum
Epimedium ecalcarata
Barrenwort
Bishop's Hat
Bishop's Mitre
Fairy Wings

Plant type

perennial, groundcover

size

H: 12"-18"
W: 20"

planting zones

5a-8b

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Epimedium ecalcaratum plant details

Epimedium ecalcaratum is a broadleaf evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial groundcover with bronze and green foliage. In spring chartreuse and yellow flowers emerge. Grows well with bright shade - shade and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in clay, rich, rocky and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Epimedium ecalcaratum

Plant type: perennial groundcover
Plant family: berberidaceae
Foliage: evergreen or semi-evergreen bronze and green
Mature size: 20 IN wide, 12 IN - 18 IN - tall
Flowers: chartreuse and yellow blooms in spring
Uses: container plant, easy-to-grow, edging plant, heart-shaped leaves, long-lived, rare, rock garden, woodland garden, year-round-interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Epimedium ecalcaratum

USDA Zones: 5a - 8b
Sun exposure: bright shade - shade
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: deer and rabbit
Soil needs: clay, rich, rocky and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

A low growing evergreen epimedium. The flowers are found as yellow sprays making a pretty small space ground cover for the woodland garden.

By: Gossler Farms

Clouds of rich yellow bell shaped flowers the petals and sepals forming a bell like perianth in the manner of Semiaquilegia ecalcarata, this choice and distinctive species is still quite new to western cultivation. ZONE 5

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Still very rare in cultivation and equally unusual. The bright lemon flowers have such short spurs, they look like bells. The semi-evergreen foliage is shiny and heavily toothed, looking much like that of E. pauciflorum.