Description
Red Barrenwort
is a shade loving semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial
with toothed green heart-shaped foliage that emerges with red tints and turns completely red in fall. Nodding crimson flowers with short creamy spurs
bloom in spring.Thrives in shade and dry to medium,
well-drained acidic soils. Drought tolerant once established.
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Type: |
Perennial |
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Height: |
0.5′ – 1′ |
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Spread: |
1′ – 1.5’ |
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Spacing: |
1’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5 – 9 |
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Culture: |
Part Sun, Full Shade |
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Bloom Color: |
Red+White |
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Season of Interest: |
Spring, Fall |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Mosaic virus the main disease, but otherwise little problems. Cut back any surviving winter foliage in late winter before new growth emerges.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Garden, Rock Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Japanese Spurge, Baby’s Breath, Echinacea
IMAGES: Salicyna, Epimedium rubrum 2016-04-22 8648, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Peter coxhead, Epimedium x rubrum 2013-05-10, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) peganum from Small Dole, England, Epimedium x rubrum – Flickr – peganum (1), CC BY-SA 2.0, (4) Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, Epimedium x rubrum Epimedium czerwone 2018-04-15 02, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
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