Niveum Bishop's Hat is a shade loving semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial with heart-shaped foliage that emerges with a light rosy marbling, matures to green, and regains marbling with copper and coral tones in fall .  Small nodding white flowers bloom in spring.  Thrives in shade and dry to medium, well-drained acidic soils.  Drought tolerant once established.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Mosaic virus the main disease, but otherwise little problems.  Cut back any surviving winter foliage in late winter before new growth emerges.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Garden, Rock Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Japanese Spurge, Baby’s Breath, Echinacea

IMAGE: Photo by Leonora (Ellie) Enking, Epimedium x youngianum 'Niveum'