Epimediums are tough for a dainty looking plant. With flowers ranging from white through to red and lilac in color, and from small and dainty to the large flowering Epimedium grandiflorum.
Epimediums flower in spring, and many gardeners cut back the old foliage to help show off the flowers.
However epimediums are also about foliage, the heart shaped bronze / green leaves make a great ground cover in shady positions.
GROWING EPIMEDIUMS
Epimediums are easy to grow once they are established.
Epimediums prefer a cool postion. Beneath deciduous trees is ideal. Dig in some well rotted compost and keep young plants moist through the first summer, after this many epimediums are reasonably drought tolerant.
Epimediums are best planted inearly Spring.
Deep shade is OK however flowering will be less profuse than in semi shade.
Popular epimedium species include:
Epimedium sagittatum, Epimedium rubrum, Epimedium sulphureum, Epimedium perralchicum, Epimedium versicolor, Epimedium warleyense, Epimedium youngianum niveum, Epimedium perralderianum, Epimedium x perralchicum, Epimedium grandiflorum
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