Spine Tingler bishop's hat
Epimedium 'Spine Tingler'
RHS AGM 2018
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun or partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Sizeup to 24 inches wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Spine Tingler' bishop's hat (Epimedium 'Spine Tingler') is a perennial for shade gardens, woodland, ground cover, and rock gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It stays evergreen and tolerates drought. Deer and rabbits rarely make it their first choice. Bees visit the plant, and it spreads up to 24 inches.
Pairs well with Foam flower, Christmas fern, and Sum and Substance hosta.