Epimedium x warleyense 'Orange Queen' - BARRENWORT 'ORANGE QUEEN'
Long-lived perennial and tough. Robust and vigorous barrenwort with larger heart-shaped leaves and coppery-orange flowers.
Slowly spreading into ground covering mounds.
Tolerant to black walnuts and drier shade in root zone of big trees.
Airy look, branched flowering stems can be up to 24" long.
Easy to grow plant, pest and disease free. Leaves will stay evergreen (in warmer zones) to semi evergreen.
The only maintenance is cutting the laves back at the end of winter - so you remove freeze-damaged leaves, which also helps with better flower show.
Blooming Time: April/May
Size: 0.75-1' tall and wide
USDA Zones: 4/5 to 8/9, heat zones 5-8
Culture: half shade, light shade, dappled shade, medium, medium-dry, , medium-moist conditions, adaptable to different soils - clay-loam, loam or rocky ground. Best in neutral or slightly acidic soil with some organic material (decaying leaves, compost, hummus) is useful when planting. In hotter climates will appreciate more shade.
Moisture Needs: medium, medium-dry, medium-moist; established plants are drought tolerant.
Origin: garden origin, introduced by famous German plant breeder Ernst Pagels, cross of between Epimedium alpinum and Epimedium pinnatum ssp. colchicum.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes/yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: no/no (or very little)
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Plant combinations : Great for any sized garden, shade or half shade bed, woodland gardens and edges, shade corners of rock garden. Combine with Aquilegia, Anemone hupehensis, Asarum, Astrantia, Brunnera, Bergenia, Dicentra, Digitalis, Euphorbia amygdaloides, Gallium odoratum, Geum, Heucherella and Heuchera, Hosta, Podophyllum, Phlox carolina hybrids, Phlox divaricata, Polemonium, Polygonatum, Primula, Persicaria amplexicaulis, Pulmonaria, Stylophorum, Tradescantia, Tiarella, Uvularia, Viola.
Grasses like Carex, Chasmantium or Hakonechloa or ferns. Goes well with spring ephemerals (Mertenisa, Sanquinaria, Trillium etc.)
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture copyright: SB_Johnny, Wikimedia Commons
Epimedium x warleyense 'Orange Queen' - BARRENWORT 'ORANGE QUEEN'
Long-lived perennial and tough. Robust and vigorous barrenwort with larger heart-shaped leaves and coppery-orange flowers.
Slowly spreading into ground covering mounds.
Tolerant to black walnuts and drier shade in root zone of big trees.
Airy look, branched flowering stems can be up to 24" long.
Easy to grow plant, pest and disease free. Leaves will stay evergreen (in warmer zones) to semi evergreen.
The only maintenance is cutting the laves back at the end of winter - so you remove freeze-damaged leaves, which also helps with better flower show.
Blooming Time: April/May
Size: 0.75-1' tall and wide
USDA Zones: 4/5 to 8/9, heat zones 5-8
Culture: half shade, light shade, dappled shade, medium, medium-dry, , medium-moist conditions, adaptable to different soils - clay-loam, loam or rocky ground. Best in neutral or slightly acidic soil with some organic material (decaying leaves, compost, hummus) is useful when planting. In hotter climates will appreciate more shade.
Moisture Needs: medium, medium-dry, medium-moist; established plants are drought tolerant.
Origin: garden origin, introduced by famous German plant breeder Ernst Pagels, cross of between Epimedium alpinum and Epimedium pinnatum ssp. colchicum.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes/yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: no/no (or very little)
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Plant combinations : Great for any sized garden, shade or half shade bed, woodland gardens and edges, shade corners of rock garden. Combine with Aquilegia, Anemone hupehensis, Asarum, Astrantia, Brunnera, Bergenia, Dicentra, Digitalis, Euphorbia amygdaloides, Gallium odoratum, Geum, Heucherella and Heuchera, Hosta, Podophyllum, Phlox carolina hybrids, Phlox divaricata, Polemonium, Polygonatum, Primula, Persicaria amplexicaulis, Pulmonaria, Stylophorum, Tradescantia, Tiarella, Uvularia, Viola.
Grasses like Carex, Chasmantium or Hakonechloa or ferns. Goes well with spring ephemerals (Mertenisa, Sanquinaria, Trillium etc.)
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture copyright: SB_Johnny, Wikimedia Commons