barrenwort 'Cupreum'

'Cupreum' is a clump-forming rhizomatous perennial, 30cm high, with evergreen leaves divided into ovate-heart-shaped, spine-toothed leaflets, 5-9cm long, which open coppery red-brown with green veins, mature to mid-green, and flush rich mahogany in autumn and winter, and flowers with light coral-pink sepals and short-spurred, pale lemon-yellow petals, from mid-spring to late spring; Epimedium leaves may be used for their nests by leaf-cutting bees