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Sure to add sparkle, Epimedium ‘Purple Pixie’ produces purple-bronze foliage which emerges each February and matures to bright green, forming attractive mounds. The perfect backdrop for the wiry, branching, red-purple stems held from April to July, bearing open racemes of large vivid, pink-purple sepals and bright white spurs. Epimedium are also known by the common name Bishop’s Hat as the flowers closely resemble a bishop’s mitre. Plants spread by rhizomes and make wonderful carpets of weed-suppressing groundcover. Perfect for planting into borders and containers or nestling under shrubs and trees. Plants also love a woodland setting. Epimedium ‘Purple Pixie’ prefers to be grown in moist, well-drained soil with partial shade, reaching a height of 30cm, with a spread of 45cm. Suitable for all soil types, this is a long-lived, hardy perennial which may retain its foliage all year in milder parts of the UK.
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Key Information
| Latin Name | Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Purple Pixie’ |
|---|---|
| Common Name | Barrenwort |
| Hardiness | H5 (-10 to -15°C) |
| Colour | Purple |
| Type | Perennial |
| Format | 9cm Pots |
| Position | Part-Shade, Part-Sun |
| Foliage | Deciduous |
| Height in Maturity (m) | 0.30 m |
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.45 |
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Loam Sand |
| Soil Acidity | Acid Neutral |
| Aspect | East-facing, North-facing, West-facing |
| Good for pots | Yes |
| Good for Rockeries | Yes |
| Good for groundcover | Yes |
