Pierre's Purple Bishop's Hat is a shade loving semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial with toothed medium green foliage that emerges with a bronze cast. Nodding wine purple flowers with elongated spurs bloom in spring. Thrives in shade and dry to medium, well-drained acidic soils. Drought tolerant once established.
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Height: |
1' - 1.5' |
Spread: |
1' - 1.5’ |
Spacing: |
1’ |
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5 - 8 |
Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
Purple |
Season of Interest: |
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: Alpsdake, Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum (flower), CC BY-SA 3.0, (2), Alpsdake, Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum (flower section), CC BY-SA 3.0 (3) Alpsdake, Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum (flower back), CC BY-SA 3.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.