One of the best spreading and groundcovering Epimediums. Deciduous, with reddish emerging leaves, rosy-red flowers with yellow stamens and red fall color.
Vigorous, reliable, perfect ground cover for dry shade. One of the fastest growing epimediums.
15" tall x 24" wide clumps, flower in late spring.
Half shade, dappled shade, light shade to deep shade. Average soil with some organic matter, average moisture (medium-moist or medium) to medium-dry. Soil should be slightly acidic to neutral.
Tolerates drier shade and black walnuts.
Deer and rabbits avoid it.
Hardy in zones 5 to 8.
Best is shade or half shade flower beds, woodland gardens, woodland edges, in front of shrubs, under canopy of trees, planted among tree roots in root zone. Darrel Probst introduction.
Good combos are with other shade tolerant perennials like Asarum, Bergenia, Brunnera, Caulophyllum, Chrysogonum, Dicentra, Geranium, Hosta, Iris cristata, I. tectorum, Kirengoshoma, Omphalodes, Polemonium, Phlox stolonifera, Phlox divaricata, Primula, Polygonatum, Pulmonaria, Stylophorum, Thalictrum, Tricyrtis, Waldsteinia and spring ephemerals like Claytonia, Mertensia, Jeffersonia, Podophyllum, Uvullaria, Trillium and grasses like Carex, Calamagrostis or Hakonechloa.
Pot size : square 3.5" x 5" deep pot
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