Epimedium × youngianum 'Roseum' is a charming, shade-loving perennial that brings delicate beauty to challenging garden spaces. Often called barrenwort or bishop's hat, this versatile plant features dainty purplish-pink bell-shaped flowers that dance above attractive foliage. With its compact growth habit and remarkable adaptability, this Epimedium variety has become a favorite among landscape professionals seeking reliable ground cover for shaded areas.
Nature's Perfect Shade Solution
Epimedium 'Roseum' offers numerous benefits that make it an exceptional choice for professional landscaping projects:
- Creates a lush carpet of foliage reaching 6-10 inches tall while spreading 18-30 inches wide
- Produces enchanting sprays of nodding, bell-shaped lilac-rose flowers in mid to late spring
- Features attractive dark green leaves that emerge with pink tints in spring and develop bronze hues in autumn
- Thrives in difficult shaded locations where many plants struggle
- Establishes quickly as a rapid-growing ground cover
- Demonstrates excellent drought tolerance once established
- Offers deer resistance, making it ideal for problem areas
This low-maintenance perennial combines beauty with practicality, solving multiple landscape challenges while enhancing visual appeal.
Planting and Growing Information
Plant Epimedium 'Roseum' in partial to full shade locations with fertile, humus-rich soil that drains well. While it appreciates consistent moisture, it demonstrates remarkable drought tolerance once established. Hardy in USDA zones 4-8, this adaptable perennial performs beautifully across most of the continental United States. For best results, cut back old foliage in late winter before new growth emerges. Spring flowering typically occurs from April to May, with the plant forming attractive mounds of foliage throughout the growing season.
Professional Landscaping Applications
Order Epimedium 'Roseum' in convenient 25-count bare root packages for your commercial landscaping projects. These versatile plants excel as woodland garden ground covers, border edgings, or underplantings beneath trees and shrubs. Their drought tolerance and deer resistance make them perfect solutions for challenging client properties. DeVroomen Garden Products has been supplying quality plant material to landscape professionals since 1925, ensuring you receive premium stock that performs beautifully in your installations. Available exclusively to our trade customers.
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EAN code31700101
- CatalogWholesale Growers
- Singular UnitBare Root
- Bloom Height12" / 30 cm
- Light RequirementsPartial Shade, Sun
- Bloom TimeSpring
- SizeI
- Packaged in250
- Zone4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- UsesDeer Resistant
- Shipping Time FrameSpring