Epimedium leptorrhizum Clumping Bamboo blue-green leaves with a wide

blue-green leaves with a wide

which are pollinated by nocturnal moths

andform a slowly-expanding patch to only 6" tall

The foliage color of peacock spikemoss fern makes an amazing foil for a number of other plants

three petals of violet purple (RHS 70A)

Epimedium leptorrhizum Clumping Bamboo blue-green leaves with a wideEpimedium leptorrhizum hails from Guizhou and Sichuan, China. This little known species that is essentially a dwarf, running Epimedium brachyrrhizum. Spreading by slender rhizomes (leptos = slender), Epimedium leptorrhizum can expand by 8" per year. The 8" tall clump is topped in late March (NC) with short flower spikes of large, pink lavender flowers, often with contrasting lighter purple spurs. Epimedium leptorrhizum prefers not to get bone dry for