Epimedium epsteinii Rock Garden Plants evergreen tongue-like leaves

evergreen tongue-like leaves

It emerges very late in spring with a bright gold center that changes later to white

the bloom stalks rise from the ground to reach 20"

so don't get worried when it's not the first thing out of the ground

Epimedium epsteinii Rock Garden Plants evergreen tongue-like leavesThis new, recently published species (1997) was discovered by the Beijing Botanic Garden and sent to Darrell Probst for identification. Darrell in turn asked the UK epimedium guru, the late Dr. William Stearn, to name the plant in honor of the late Harold Epstein. This splendid vigorous evergreen species makes a nice dense groundcover, spreading at the rate of 8" per year. The glossy foliage provides a nice foil to the stunning bicolor flowers (up to