If you’re the type of gardener who waits with bated breath for the next plant craze, inhale and wait no longer. Epimedium, a long-familiar plant with the unfortunate common names of barrenwort and ...

Epimedium, commonly known as horny goat weed, is a well-known herb in traditional Chinese medicine reputed for attaining diverse health perks. Alleged benefits include boosting libido, resolving ...

Too often, the term “groundcover” elicits a yawn. These low-growing plants are viewed dismissively, either as an obligatory filler for blank spaces, or as an institutional camouflage for exposed soil.

I first got to know epimedium (sometimes called barrenwort or horny goat weed) when I worked as a horticultural trainee at the Garden Museum in London. We had a shaded woodland bed at the front of the ...

What: Epimedium grandiflorum “Purple Prince” has striking dark red-purple flowers with white tipped spurs in the springtime. The leaves morph from green flushed with red to all green by summer and go ...

Why do people take horny goat weed? Some men take horny goat weed in the belief that it’s a natural alternative to drugs for erectile dysfunction (ED). Although still preliminary, there’s new evidence ...

What: Epimedium × perralchicum ‘Fröhnleiten’ is an old German cultivar that is one of the toughest epimediums for Northwest landscapes. In late winter and early spring, butter-yellow flowers are borne ...

I returned to the UK in the middle of March from a job in Hawaii. I hadn't worn more than three items for two weeks and my head was swimming with jungle greens and the exotic scent of gardenias. It ...

Question: I have a big clump of Epimedium that is now about 3 years old. Can I propagate that by dividing it, and if so, when do I do that? Answer: Barrenwort (Epimedium spp.), as they are called, can ...