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The Plant Life of the Lurie Garden


Overview
Perennials and Bulbs of the Lurie Garden

Bishop's Hat or Barrenwort

can handle dry shade; cut to ground in March; heart-shaped leaves are copper-red and brown when young turning mid-green

 
Latin name Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulfureum'
Common name Bishop's Hat or Barrenwort
Family Berberidaceae
Zone Z5-9
Bloom time Spring
Season(s) of Interest Summer/Fall
Height 1'
Native or origin Asia
Soil conditions Drought tolerant
Flower color Sulfur Yellow
Known wildlife aspects
Light Requirements Part-Shade or Shade
Lurie Garden location Dark Plate
Companion plants



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