Reliable red barrenwort
Stop struggling with the dry, shady areas in your garden! Red barrenwort grows in conditions most plants won’t tolerate and has multi-season interest. In midspring, drooping clusters of red-purple blooms peek out from semi-evergreen foliage. And here, you can see the new growth is tinged with red (although leaves fade to green as they mature).
Red barrenwort
Epimedium x rubrum
Type Perennial
Blooms Red-purple flowers in midspring
Light Part shade to full shade
Soil Tolerates dry, but prefers moist
Size 6 to 12 in. tall, spreading
Cold-hardy USDA zones 5 to 9
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
