PlantsShade & Groundcovers
Barrenwort
Epimedium grandiflorum
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Dry-shade groundcover with small spring flowers
EasyShade & Groundcovers
- Light
- Part shade–shade
- Moisture
- Dry–medium
- Mature size
- 1 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Apr–May; leaves all season
- How it spreads
- Slow clump
- What to buy
- Plants. Water the first summer.
- When to plant
- Plant April or September.
In the design
The plant you want where hosta fries and vinca is a bad idea. Slow the first two years, then a carpet. Cut last year's leaves in March so you can see the flowers.
