Scientific Name: Epimedium 'Amber Queen'
Common Name: Amber Queen barrenwort
Family Name: Berberidaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial, Semi-evergreen
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Horizontal, Spreading
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Ground cover
Exposure: Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Compound, Basal, Leathery, Glabrous, Ovate, Spinose
Flowers: Raceme, Orange, Yellow, Red, Apr-May
Fruit: Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown
Key ID Features:
Flowers appear pale orangish from a distance but each long, yellow spur has a reddish base.