Niveum Bishop's Hat is a shade loving semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial with heart-shaped foliage that emerges with a light rosy marbling, matures to green, and regains marbling with copper and coral tones in fall . Small nodding white flowers bloom in spring. Thrives in shade and dry to medium, well-drained acidic soils. Drought tolerant once established.
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 Height:  | 
 0.5' - 1'  | 
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 Spread:  | 
 1' - 1.5’  | 
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 Spacing:  | 
 1’  | 
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 USDA Hardiness Zone:  | 
 5 - 8  | 
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 Bloom Color:  | 
 White  | 
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Mosaic virus the main disease, but otherwise little problems. Cut back any surviving winter foliage in late winter before new growth emerges.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Garden, Rock Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Japanese Spurge, Baby’s Breath, Echinacea
IMAGES: Photo by Leonora (Ellie) Enking, Epimedium x youngianum 'Niveum', (2) Dinkum, Epimedium x youngianum 'Niveum', CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) cultivar413, 160430 077 The High Line - Epimedium x youngianum 'Niveum' Barrenwort, (4) Photo by David J. Stang, Epimedium x youngianum Niveum 0zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (5) Photo by David J. Stang, Epimedium x youngianum Niveum 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.