This hybrid perennial has a creeping rhizome with spreading foliage that forms a clump. It has large divided leaves with bronze-mid green heart-shaped spiny toothed leaflets and the pink-yellow saucer-shaped flowers appear in a loose raceme in spring.

Hardiness zones 5 to 9

Epimedium x versicolor is a cross between Epimedium grandiflorum and Epimedium pinnatum subsp. colchicum. It is of garden origin and prefers a semi-shaded tp shaded wind protected position and grows in well drained moist to dry organic rich open textured shallow rocky sandy to clay loam that is tending acidic. It is light frost and drought tolerant once established and is deer and rabbit resistant. 

Bishop's Hat is grown for its low spreading habit and its flowers. It is planted in small gardens along shaded borders as a ground cover or used above retaining walls as a spill-over. It is also mass planted on embankments for erosion control or used in shaded rockeries. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions and established in 2-3 years and is long lived. This perennial is planted along shaded garden borders and is used in courtyard planter boxes. ID 3367

Epimedium (ep-ih-MEE-dee-um) x versicolor (ver-see-KOL-or)
 
Berberidaceae (BER-be-rid-AY-see-ee)