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Barrenwort
Epimedium grandiflorum
Barrenwort is a medium-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 5-8, that matures to about 0.8-1.5 ft × 1-2 ft. It does best in part shade and full shade with low water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect yellow, pink and red blooms in spring. It stands up well to deer, dry soil and pests, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 5-8
- Sun
- Part shade, Full shade
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 0.8-1.5 ft × 1-2 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Pink, Red, White
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Tough against
- Deer, Dry soil, Pests, Rabbits
- Native to
- Japan, southern Manchuria, northern Korea
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