- Botanical name: Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilac Seedling'
- Common name: Epimedium
- Family: Berberidaceae
- Plant Type: Perennial, Evergreen
Purple
Bronze
Green
- Key features:
- Dramatic foliage
- Flowers
- Prefers rich soil
Epimediums have been popular in Japan for many years but are now beginning to increase in popularity with UK gardeners. They’re generally hardy and enjoy a spot in dappled shade with moist, well-drained soil and regular mulching with garden compost or leaf mould. They fare best in acid soil.
Epimediums make superb all-year-round ground cover under trees or shrubs, but particularly enjoy the dappled shade and leafy soil of woodland gardens where they associate well with spring bulbs, hellebores, and choice woodland plants. The undemanding plants smother weeds all year round and grow so slowly that they’re never a nuisance.
Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Lilac Seedling’ has attractive, bronze-green leaves from which wiry stems hold sprays of lilac flowers in late-spring. For the best foliage display, cut back old leaves in spring before new ones appear.
How to grow Epimedium 'Lilac Seedling'
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Plant size
25cm height
30cm spread
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Aspect
North facing, east facing, west facing
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Position in border
Front
- Sun exposure: Partial shade
- Shade type: Damp
- Hardiness: Hardy
- Soil type: Acidic / clay / heavy / moist / well drained / light / sandy
Plant calendar
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Do not Plant in January |
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M
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A
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M
Do Plant in May |
J
Do Plant in June |
J
Do Plant in July |
A
Do Plant in August |
S
Do Plant in September |
O
Do not Plant in October |
N
Do not Plant in November |
D
Do not Plant in December |
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| Flowers |
J
Plant does not flower in January |
F
Plant does not flower in February |
M
Plant does not flower in March |
A
Plant does flower in April |
M
Plant does flower in May |
J
Plant does not flower in June |
J
Plant does not flower in July |
A
Plant does not flower in August |
S
Plant does not flower in September |
O
Plant does not flower in October |
N
Plant does not flower in November |
D
Plant does not flower in December |
| Divide | ||||||||||||
| Divide |
J
Do not Divide in January |
F
Do not Divide in February |
M
Do not Divide in March |
A
Do not Divide in April |
M
Do not Divide in May |
J
Do not Divide in June |
J
Do not Divide in July |
A
Do not Divide in August |
S
Do Divide in September |
O
Do Divide in October |
N
Do Divide in November |
D
Do not Divide in December |
Epimedium 'Lilac Seedling' and wildlife
Epimedium 'Lilac Seedling' has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
Is Epimedium 'Lilac Seedling' poisonous?
Epimedium 'Lilac Seedling' has no toxic effects reported.
No reported toxicity to Birds
No reported toxicity to Cats
No reported toxicity to Dogs
No reported toxicity to Horses
No reported toxicity to Livestock
No reported toxicity to People
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