| Description | A long lasting ground cover for the shaded to semi-shaded areas of the garden. |
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| Pronunciation | (epi-MEE-de-um)(grand-i-FLO-rum) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | shade to semi-shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | prefers humus rich well drained acid soils but seems to tolerate a good average garden soil |
| Flowers | rose colored about .75-1.5 inches, have a .5 inch spur and bore in a tight raceme, first three weeks in May |
| Leaves | young foliage emerges as a beige-brown and becomes green, ovate with a spiny margin |
| Dimensions | Slow to get established and fill in slowly. |
| Maintenance | Cut back the old foliage in the spring. Good organic mulch helps the plants get established. |
| Propagation | division in the late summer |
| Native Site | Species is native to Japan, China and Korea. |
| Cultivar Origin | This cultivar is a hydrid between E. grandiflorum and either E. alpinum, E. pinnatum, or E. diphyllum. |
| Misc Facts | Vigorous grower with huge leaves but it’s a shy bloomer as the rosy-red flowers peak out from under the leaves. Nice clumper that makes a statement in time (www.naylorcreek.com} |
| Author's Notes | Although I have not grown this cultivar, other Epimedium have lasted for over 23 years (as of 2015) in gardens for me. 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 (www.boernerbotanicalgardens.org/support/documents/2012%20Bloomers.pdf |
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