Įvairiaspalvis epimedis – Epimedium versicolor

Įvairiaspalvis epimedis

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameĮvairiaspalvis epimedis
Latin plant nameEpimedium versicolor C.Morren
English plant nameBishop’s Hat
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • short – 21-40 cm
  • middle height – 41- 60 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • red, red tints
Blooming time
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division, cuttings. Hybrids are propagated by vegetative propagation method. Propagated by scrub division in boxes or hotbeds (with sand substratum) in Autumn. Every splited part should have a grow bud. When rooted, plants should be planted in beds with shadow. Using this propagation method the flower could be propagated in Spring as well (Dainauskaitė, 1988).