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Note the pristine white delicate flowers

Epimedium diphyllum 'Variegatum'

Barrenwort

Plant Type:

SHADE PERENNIALS

Epimedium diphyllum ‘Variegatum’ – This demure and diminutive variegated species form holds stippled creamy white variegation on medium green leaves all season long. White spidery flowers bloom in spring. Moderate increaser. If orderen in Autumn this will arrive cut back, ready for the long winter's nap. Established pot grown plant from division.


Height:

7-8 in

Colors:

White

Zone:

5 to 8
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Characteristics and Attributes for Epimedium diphyllum 'Variegatum'

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Spring

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Spring / Summer / into Autumn

Nature Attraction

  • Deer Resistant

Light

  • Morning Sun / Afternoon Shade
  • Shade
  • Dappled Shade

Attributes

  • Border
  • Drought Tolerant
  • Woodland
  • Rock Garden
  • Ground Cover

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Medium

Soil

  • Fertile
  • Woodland
  • Draining

Origins

  • Garden Origin

Propagated By

  • Division

Genus Overview: Epimedium

The Barrenworts have received much attention in recent years and deservedly so. They come in many differently-colored flowering forms sporting delicate, dangling spider-like blossoms in spring. Some, as in E. sempervirens, are virtually evergreen; many others deciduous with delicate kidney-shaped leaves on wiry stems. The foliage on many cultivars in our USDA zone 5b (-15F) remains handsome until the winter solstice supplying 2 to 3 seasons of interest, some even provide golden to purple-bronze autumn tones. Slowly, gradually, they form a ground cover in part to full, open shade in fertile soil. The Barrenworts or Bishop Hats exhibit fair drought tolerance and are well-behaved members in part to open shade. They work well in herbaceous borders, woodland gardens or down-facing shrubs. Epimediums are members of the Berberidaceae and are of Asian origin. Once established they exhibit fair tolerance to dry shade. All of the following are pot-grown divisions from our plants.