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Every Epimedium variety, A to Z
The complete Epimedium list, the genus most gardeners know as barrenwort — all 85 varieties in the Sow catalog, alphabetically. For the ones gardeners actually plant most, start from the Epimedium hub instead.
85 varieties19 lettersComplete list
A2
- Arrowleaf BarrenwortEpimedium sagittatum
- Atlas BarrenwortEpimedium x hybrida 'Atlas'
B6
- BarrenwortEpimedium acuminatum
- BarrenwortEpimedium brachyrrhizum
- BarrenwortEpimedium sempervirens
- Be My Valentine BarrenwortEpimedium youngianum 'Be My Valentine'
- Benedict's Violet Large-flowered BarrenwortEpimedium grandiflorum 'Benedict's Violet'
- Bicolor BarrenwortEpimedium versicolor
C5
- Capella BarrenwortEpimedium youngianum 'Capella'
- Cherry Tart BarrenwortEpimedium versicolor 'Cherry Tart'
- Corsican EpimediumEpimedium x cantabrigiense
- Crimson Peacock BarrenwortEpimedium youngianum 'Beni-Kujaku'
- Cupreum Bicolor BarrenwortEpimedium versicolor 'Cupreum'
D4
- Dark Beauty BarrenwortEpimedium grandiflorum 'Dark Beauty'
- David's BarrenwortEpimedium davidii
- Dewu BarrenwortEpimedium dewuense
- Dwarf BarrenwortEpimedium grandiflorum 'Nanum'
E18
- Eco White EpimediumEpimedium sempervirens 'Eco White'
- Epimedium chlorandrum
- Epimedium DominoEpimedium x hybrida 'Domino'
- Epimedium grandiflorum BanditEpimedium grandiflorum 'Bandit'
- Epimedium grandiflorum Purple PrinceEpimedium grandiflorum 'Purple Prince'
- Epimedium La RocailleEpimedium grandiflorum 'La Rocaille'
- Epimedium LilafeeEpimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'
- Epimedium LishihcheniiEpimedium lishihchenii
- Epimedium Love Potion No 9Epimedium sagittatum 'Love Potion No 9'
- Epimedium membranaceum
- Epimedium OrangekoniginEpimedium x warleyense 'Orangekonigin'
- Epimedium Pierre's PurpleEpimedium grandiflorum 'Pierre's Purple'
- Epimedium Ruby ShanEpimedium acuminatum 'Ruby Shan'
- Epimedium SongbirdsEpimedium x hybrida 'Songbirds'
- Epimedium SweetheartEpimedium x rubrum 'Sweetheart'
- Epimedium TamabotanEpimedium youngianum 'Tamabotan'
- Epimedium ThunderboltEpimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum 'Thunderbolt'
- Epstein's BarrenwortEpimedium epsteinii
F7
- Fairy Dust BarrenwortEpimedium youngianum 'Fairy Dust'
- Farges' EpimediumEpimedium fargesii
- Few-flowered BarrenwortEpimedium pauciflorum
- Franchet's BarrenwortEpimedium franchetii 'Lemon Drop'
- Franchet's EpimediumEpimedium franchetii
- Franchetii Epimedium SuntanEpimedium franchetii 'Suntan'
- Frohnleiten BarrenwortEpimedium x perralchicum 'Frohnleiten'
G2
- Golden Earrings EpimediumEpimedium franchetii 'Golden Earrings'
- Guiding Light BarrenwortEpimedium acuminatum 'Guiding Light'
H4
- Hairy BarrenwortEpimedium pubigerum
- Hairy EpimediumEpimedium pubescens
- Harold Epstein BarrenwortEpimedium koreanum 'Harold Epstein'
- Holly-leaved BarrenwortEpimedium ilicifolium
L3
- Large-flowered BarrenwortEpimedium grandiflorum
- Lavender Lady BarrenwortEpimedium grandiflorum 'Lavender Lady'
- Long-rhizomed BarrenwortEpimedium leptorrhizum
M4
- Many-flowered BarrenwortEpimedium myrianthum
- Milky Way BarrenwortEpimedium youngianum 'Milky Way'
- Mini Pearl Bishop's HatEpimedium x rubrum 'Mini Pearl'
- Myriad Years Bishop's HatEpimedium x omeiense 'Myriad Years'
N1
- Neosulphureum Bicolor BarrenwortEpimedium versicolor 'Neosulphureum'
O2
- Ogi's BarrenwortEpimedium ogisui
- Omei BarrenwortEpimedium x omeiense
P3
- Perralch's BarrenwortEpimedium x perralchicum
- Pink Star BarrenwortEpimedium youngianum 'Pink Star'
- Princess Susan BarrenwortEpimedium grandiflorum 'Princess Susan'
R6
- Razzleberry BarrenwortEpimedium x omeiense 'Razzleberry'
- Red BarrenwortEpimedium x rubrum
- Red Queen BarrenwortEpimedium grandiflorum 'Red Queen'
- Rhizomatous BarrenwortEpimedium rhizomatosum
- Rose Queen BarrenwortEpimedium grandiflorum 'Rose Queen'
- Roseum Young's BarrenwortEpimedium youngianum 'Roseum'
S7
- Sandy Claws BarrenwortEpimedium wushanense 'Sandy Claws'
- Sichuan Spider BarrenwortEpimedium chlorandrum 'Sichuan Spider'
- Snowy BarrenwortEpimedium youngianum 'Niveum'
- Spine Tingler BarrenwortEpimedium x hybrida 'Spine Tingler'
- Starry BarrenwortEpimedium stellulatum 'Long Leaf Form'
- Starry BarrenwortEpimedium stellulatum
- Sulphur Yellow BarrenwortEpimedium versicolor 'Sulphureum'
V2
- Variegatum Large-flowered BarrenwortEpimedium grandiflorum 'Variegatum'
- Versicolor Bicolor BarrenwortEpimedium versicolor 'Versicolor'
W5
- Warley BarrenwortEpimedium x warleyense
- White Flower Form BarrenwortEpimedium acuminatum 'White Flower Form'
- White Queen EpimediumEpimedium grandiflorum 'White Queen'
- White Star BarrenwortEpimedium youngianum 'White Star'
- Wushan EpimediumEpimedium wushanense
Y3
- Young's BarrenwortEpimedium youngianum
- Young's Barrenwort 'Royal Flush'Epimedium youngianum 'Royal Flush'
- Yubae Rose Queen BarrenwortEpimedium grandiflorum 'Yubae'
Z1
- Zhushan BarrenwortEpimedium zhushanense
Epimedium list questions
How many Epimedium varieties are there?
The Sow catalog tracks 85 distinct Epimedium varieties, all listed above. The wider genus is larger still — this is what is actually available and documented well enough to grow from, rather than every name ever published.
Which Epimedium varieties are most popular?
The genus hub ranks them by how many gardeners actually save and plant each one, which is a better reliability signal. This page is the complete list in alphabetical order instead — useful when you already know the variety name you are looking for.
Why do two entries have the same name?
Some Epimedium varieties are sold under the same common name by different nurseries, or a cultivar shares a name with the species it came from. Both records are kept and shown with their botanical names so you can tell them apart, rather than one being silently hidden.
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