How to Grow Barrenwort
Epimedium grandiflorum
Perennial
Epimedium is a tough, elegant ground cover for dry shade, producing dainty spurred flowers in spring above heart-shaped leaves that often flush bronze or copper when young. Cut back all old foliage in late January to reveal the flowers. Once established it suppresses weeds effectively and tolerates root competition from trees. Virtually pest-free and long-lived.
Yearly Lifecycle
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Spring Growth Flowering Growing Leaf Fall
Care Essentials
Mulch with leaf mould in autumn. No additional feeding needed — epimediums thrive in poor, dry soil under trees.
Watch For
- Vine weevil larvae eating roots in containers
- Slow to establish in first two years
- Old foliage hiding spring flowers if not cut back
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