| Description | A shaded loving ground cover perennial with red flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (epi-MEE-de-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | shade to semi-shade |
| Moisture | average to moist, not a good dry shade perennial |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Flowers | red petals and yellowish to red sepals, blooms last three weeks of Many into June |
| Leaves | compound leaf, 9 leaflets |
| Dimensions | 8-12 inches tall, space 12-18 inches |
| Maintenance | cut back the old foliage in the spring, good organic mulch helps the plants get established |
| Propagation | division |
| Cultivar Origin | Cross between E. alpinum x E. grandiflorum |
| Author's Notes | Although I have not grown this cultivar other Epimediums have lasted over 23 years in my gardens. Seem to be slow to start but given a few years they get established and flourish. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #79-Perennials For Every Purpose (Larry Hodgson),#167-Boerner Botanical Gardens (Wisconsin USA), bloom period data base |
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