Barren-wort

Barren-wort (Epimedium) - Interesting and, when well grown, elegant plants of the Barberry order, but not shrubby. E. pinnatum is a hardy dwarf perennial from Asia Minor, 8 inches to 2 1/2 feet high, with handsome leaves, and bearing long clusters of yellow flowers. The old leaves remain fine until the new ones appear in the ensuing spring. I have found this a most useful bold edging to large beds, and growing so close that it will keep all weeds off. Other species are alpinum, macranthum, Musschianum, purpureum, rubrum, niveum, and violaceum, all loving half-shady spots in peat, or in moist, sandy soil. None are so valuable for general culture as the first mentioned.

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